继续读《Dinosaur Before Dark》，神奇树屋系列读物的第一本第7章“Ready, Set, Go"，标题有“各就各位，冲”的意味。
“Run, Annie! Run!” cried Jack, “To the tree house!”
They dashed down the hill together.
Through the tall grass, through the ferns, past the Pteranodon, and right to the rope ladder,
they scrambled up.
Seconds later they tumbled into the tree house.
Annie leaped to the window.
“He’s going away!” she said, panting.
pant一词表示“喘气”，习惯用语”pant and huff"，表示同样的意思。句型方面主要注意用介词，比如through, past, right to...等，来表示中文里的动词的作用，也算是翻译中的小技巧，英文介词可用来翻译中文动词，比如著名的“of the people, for the people, by the people, 民有，民享，民治”。
Jack pushed his glasses into place. He looked through the window with her.
But then the monster stopped and turned around.
“Duck!” said Jack.
The two of them hunched down.
After a long moment, they raised their heads. They peeked out again.
Duck一词这里是熟词僻义，作动词，表示“闪躲，“， 其同义词马上出现了，hunch down，弯腰。
“Coast clear," said Jack.
“Yay,” whispered Annie.
“We have to get out of here,” said Jack.
“You made a wish before,” said Annie.
“I wish we could go back to Frog Creek,” said Jack.
Nothing happened.
“I wish-”
“Wait. You were looking at a picture in the dinosaur book. Remember?”
The dinosaur book.
Jack groaned. “Oh, no. I left the book and my pack on the hill. I have to go back.”
“Oh, forget it,” said Annie.
coast clear 是习惯用语the coast is clear的口语简说方式，意指”危险已过去，可以开始行动“，一种说法是这个习惯用语最早是海盗和走私犯开始用的。他们要保证海岸上没有执法人员，才能开始行动。
“I can’t,” said Jack. “The book doesn’t belong to us. Plus my notebook’s in my pack. With all my notes.”
“Hurry!” said Annie.
Jack hurried down the rope ladder.
He leaped to the ground.
He raced past the Pteranodon, through the ferns, through the tall grass, and up the hill, He looked down.
There was his pack, lying on the ground. On top of it was the dinosaur book,
But now the valley below was filled with Anatosauruses. All standing guard around the nests.
Where had they been? Did fear of the Tyrannosaurus send them home?
plus这里是’并且‘之意，注意在口语中用它代替 besides使用，使句式更灵活了。
Jack took a deep breath.
Ready! Set! Go!
He charged down the hill. He leaped to his backpack. He scooped it up.
A terrible tuba sound! Another! Another! All the Anatosauruses were bellowing at him.
Jack took off.
这段里主要注意' he charged down the hill. He leaped to his backpack. He scooped it up'这个句子，学习如何描述动作的连贯性。另外，最后一句take off，表示’离开‘之意。
He raced up to the hilltop.
He started down the hill.
He stopped.
The Tyrannosaurus rex was back! And he was standing between Jack and the tree house!
最后，留下个悬念(cliffhanger)，暴龙在杰克和神奇树屋之间了，接下去杰克该怎么办呢?
这次有用的小表达：
1. 喘气 pant; pant and huff
2. 闪躲 duck=hunch down
3. 一切安全 the coast is clear; coast clear
可以在今后的英语写作和口语中尝试使用这些表达，如果觉得我的读书笔记分享让您学到一点点，可以点击文中的广告，以示对我的支持，十分感谢，祝好心情~
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