Swim for Your Life!
Jack moved his arms slowly.He moved his legs slowly.He gently pushed the water out of his way as he did the breast stroke.
Calm,calm,he told himself.
Annie swam beside him.They headed for the reef.All was calm.
1. gently（副词）
- 释义：温和地；轻柔地；有礼貌地；文雅地。
- 例句：The mother gently kissed her baby on the forehead.（母亲温柔地亲吻了婴儿的额头。）
2. pushed（动词，push的过去式和过去分词）
- 释义：推；推动；促使；逼迫。
- 例句：He pushed the cart full of groceries to the checkout counter.（他把装满杂货的手推车推到收银台。）
3. breast（名词）
- 释义：乳房；胸部；胸脯；胸怀。（在“breast stroke”中特指一种游泳姿势）
- 例句：The baby nestled against his mother's breast.（婴儿依偎在母亲的怀里。）
4. stroke（名词/动词）
- 释义（名词）：中风；一击；一笔；划水动作；抚摸。
- 例句（名词）：With one stroke of the pen, he signed the contract.（他大笔一挥，签了合同。）
- 释义（动词）：抚摸；轻挪；敲击。
- 例句（动词）：She stroked the cat's fur until it purred.（她抚摸着猫的毛，直到它发出咕噜声。）
5. beside（介词）
- 释义：在……旁边；与……相比。
- 例句：There is a lamp beside the bed.（床的旁边有一盏灯。）
6. headed（动词，head的过去式和过去分词）
- 释义：朝……行进；领导；位于排行之首。
- 例句：They headed south towards the mountains.（他们朝南向山里走去。）
7. reef（名词）
- 释义：礁；礁石；暗礁。
- 例句：The ship was wrecked on a hidden reef.（船触到暗礁失事了。）
Then Jack saw something out of the corner of his eye.
A dark fin was zigzagging through the water.It was heading toward them.
Jack wanted to splash.He wanted to yell.But he remembered:calm.
I better not tell Annie,he thought.She'll stay calmer if she doesn't know.
He began to swim faster—then faster.Annie went faster,too.
They both swam as fast,and as calmly,as they could.
Sometimes Annie went even faster than Jack,which made him swim faster.And faster.
1. corner
- 词性：名词
- 常见释义：角落；拐角处；困境
- 例句：There is a cat in the corner of the room.（房间的角落里有只猫。）
2. fin
- 词性：名词
- 常见释义：鳍；鱼翅；（飞机的）安定翼
- 例句：The fish uses its fins to swim.（鱼用鳍来游泳。）
3. zigzagging
- 词性：动词zigzag的现在分词形式
- 常见释义：曲折前进；作之字形移动
- 例句：The path zigzagged up the hill.（小路曲折蜿蜒通向山上。） 文中 “A dark fin was zigzagging through the water.” 描述鳍在水中曲折游动。
4. splash
- 词性：动词、名词
- 动词常见释义：溅起水花；泼洒；（使）溅湿
- 动词例句：The kids were splashing in the pool.（孩子们在水池里溅水玩耍。）
- 名词常见释义：溅泼声；溅出的液体
- 名词例句：I heard a splash when the stone fell into the river.（石头掉进河里时，我听到了溅水声。）
5. yell
- 词性：动词、名词
- 动词常见释义：大喊；叫嚷
- 动词例句：He yelled at me to be careful.（他大声叫我小心。）
- 名词常见释义：喊叫；叫嚷
- 名词例句：I heard a yell from the next room.（我听到隔壁房间传来一声喊叫。）
Jack was so scared that he wasn't tired at all.He was swimming for his life—and for Annie's life,too.
He didn't look back to see if the shark was still there.He didn't want to know.
He just kept his eye on the tree house in the distance.And he kept swimming.
Jack and Annie swam and swam and swam.
It took forever for the tree house to get just a little closer.
Jack realized the reef was farther away than he had thought.
1. scared
- 词性：形容词
- 释义：害怕的；恐惧的；惊恐的
- 例句：The little girl was scared of the dark.（这个小女孩怕黑。）
2. forever
- 词性：副词
- 释义：永远；长久地；老是，没完没了地
- 例句：I will love you forever.（我会永远爱你。）在文中 “It took forever...” 表示“花了很长时间”。
3. little closer
- “little”在此处用作副词，修饰“closer”（close的比较级），表示程度，意为“稍微更近些” 。
- 例句：Move a little closer so you can see the screen better.（稍微靠近一点，这样你能更清楚地看到屏幕。）
4. realized
- 词性：动词，realize的过去式和过去分词
- 释义：意识到；实现；领悟；变卖（财产等）
- 例句：He finally realized his dream of becoming a doctor.（他最终实现了成为一名医生的梦想。）在文中取“意识到”之意。
5. reef
- 词性：名词
- 释义：礁；暗礁；礁石
- 例句：The boat was in danger of hitting the reef.（这艘船有触礁的危险。）
He kept swimming,but his arms and legs felt heavy.Annie was struggling,too.
"Float!"she said."Float!"
Jack and Annie turned onto their backs.They floated the way they had learned in swimming class.
We'll just rest for a minute,Jack thought.Then we'll keep going.
But the more Jack floated,the more tired he felt.Soon he was too tired even to float.He started to sink.
Then he felt something.
1. heavy
- 词性：形容词
- 释义：重的；沉的；（在数量、程度等方面）超出一般的，比一般严重的；大而结实的；厚的；充满；心情沉重的；辛苦的；（食物）难消化的
- 例句：The box is too heavy for me to lift.（这个箱子太重，我抬不起来。）
2. struggling
- 词性：动词struggle的现在分词形式，也可作形容词
- 动词释义：奋斗；努力；挣扎；艰难地行进；与……作斗争
- 动词例句：She is struggling to finish her work on time.（她正努力按时完成工作。）
- 形容词释义：奋力挣扎的；艰难求生的；处于困境的
- 形容词例句：The struggling company is on the verge of bankruptcy.（这家陷入困境的公司濒临破产。）
3. float
- 词性：动词、名词
- 动词释义：浮动；漂流；飘动；飘移；使漂浮；使漂流；（货币汇率）自由浮动；提出（想法等供讨论）
- 动词例句：The boat floated down the river.（小船顺流而下。）
- 名词释义：彩车；鱼漂；浮子；（学游泳用的）浮板；（货币汇率的）浮动
- 名词例句：The parade had many beautiful floats.（游行队伍中有许多漂亮的彩车。）
4. sink
- 词性：动词、名词
- 动词释义：下沉；沉没；使下沉；使沉没；倒下；坐下；降低；挖掘；使失败；（声音）变小；渗透；沉积
- 动词例句：The ship was sinking fast.（船在迅速下沉。）
- 名词释义：水槽；洗涤槽；污水坑
- 名词例句：She washed the dishes in the sink.（她在水槽里洗碗。）
His heart stopped.Something pushed at him in the water.
It was slippery and alive.Had the hammerhead caught up with them?
Jack shut his eyes and waited for the worst.He waited and waited.Finally,he opened his eyes.
In front of him was a shiny gray head—a dolphin's head!
1. slippery
- 词性：形容词
- 释义：滑的；滑溜溜的；易滑脱的；不可靠的；狡猾的
- 例句：The road is slippery after the rain.（雨后路面很滑。）
2. alive
- 词性：形容词
- 释义：活着的；有生气的；仍然存在的；充满（活物）的
- 例句：The fish is still alive.（这条鱼还活着。）
3. hammerhead
- 词性：名词
- 释义：锤头鲨；笨蛋
- 例句：Hammerhead sharks have a very distinctive head shape.（锤头鲨有着非常独特的头部形状。）
4. shut
- 词性：动词、形容词
- 动词释义：关闭；关上；合上；（使）停止营业；合拢；闭上（眼睛等）
- 动词例句：Please shut the door when you leave.（你离开时请关上门。）
- 形容词释义：关闭的；合拢的；停业的
- 形容词例句：The store is shut on Sundays.（这家商店周日不营业。）
5. shiny
- 词性：形容词
- 释义：闪亮的；有光泽的；反光的
- 例句：The car has a shiny new coat of paint.（这辆车新喷了一层闪亮的漆。）
6. dolphin
- 词性：名词
- 释义：海豚
- 例句：We saw a pod of dolphins swimming in the sea.（我们看到一群海豚在海里游泳。）
The dolphin pushed Jack with its nose.It made happy clicking sounds.
"Hooray!"cried Annie.Jack looked over at her.
She was clinging to the fin of another dolphin!Her dolphin was moving through the water.
Jack grabbed the fin of his dolphin
Then the two dolphins swam smoothly through the water,pulling Jack and Annie toward the reef.
1. dolphin
- 词性：名词
- 释义：海豚
- 例句：Dolphins are very intelligent animals.（海豚是非常聪明的动物。）
2. clicking
- 词性：动词click的现在分词形式，也可作名词
- 动词释义：发出咔嗒声；点击（鼠标等）；使发出咔嗒声
- 动词例句：He was clicking his fingers to the rhythm of the music.（他随着音乐的节奏打拍子。）
- 名词释义：咔嗒声
- 名词例句：I heard the clicking of her high - heels on the floor.（我听到她高跟鞋在地板上的咔嗒声。）文中“happy clicking sounds”指欢快的咔嗒声。
3. hooray
- 词性：感叹词、名词
- 感叹词释义：（表示快乐、赞同、鼓舞等）好哇；万岁
- 例句：Hooray! We won the game!（好哇！我们赢了比赛！）
- 名词释义：欢呼声；叫好声
- 例句：The hoorays of the crowd could be heard from afar.（人群的欢呼声从远处都能听到。）
4. clinging
- 词性：动词cling的现在分词形式，也可作形容词
- 动词释义：抓紧；紧握；黏附；依附；坚持（信仰、观点等）
- 动词例句：The child was clinging to his mother's hand.（孩子紧紧抓住妈妈的手。）
- 形容词释义：紧身的；紧贴的
- 形容词例句：She wore a clinging dress.（她穿了一条紧身连衣裙。）
5. fin
- 词性：名词
- 释义：鳍；鱼翅；（飞机的）安定翼；（汽车的）鳍状尾翼
- 例句：The shark's fin cut through the water.（鲨鱼鳍划破水面。）
6. smoothly
- 词性：副词
- 释义：平稳地；顺利地；光滑地；流畅地
- 例句：The car is running smoothly.（汽车行驶得很平稳。）
