词汇积累
1. rip the covers off – 扯掉被子
“She ripped the covers off me.”
2. dream up – 凭空想出，幻想出
“You probably dreamed up all sorts of scary thingies.”
3. lose one’s mind – 失去理智，发疯
“I was starting to feel like I was losing my mind!”
4. cheer oneself up – 让自己振作起来
“To cheer myself up, I started chanting again.”
5. everything’s under control – 一切尽在掌控
“EVERYTHING’S UNDER CONTROL!”
6. scramble out of bed – 慌忙爬下床
“I scrambled out of bed.”
7. regular mouse detective – 不折不扣的老鼠侦探
“Benjamin began to check out the room like a regular mouse detective.”
8. through a magnifying glass – 通过放大镜
“He stared at it through a magnifying glass.”
9. at this rate – 照这样下去
“At this rate, he was going to need another pad!”
10. not sleep one wink – 一点也没睡
“I hadn’t slept one wink.”
11. catch a quick mouse nap – 打个盹儿
“I decided to try to catch a quick mouse nap.”
12. fast asleep – 酣睡
“I was fast asleep.”
13. in a flash – 一瞬间
“In a flash, it disappeared.”
14. work one’s paws to the bone – 拼命工作
“I’d been working my paws to the bone.”
15. a little time off – 休息一段时间
“A little time off might be just what I needed.”
16. put our heads together – 一起商量，集思广益
“We put our heads together and studied the castle.”
17. have the last laugh – 笑到最后
“We’ll see who has the last laugh.”
18. flip through – 快速翻阅
“I picked up Benjamin’s pad and flipped through it.”
19. pace back and forth – 来回踱步
“I paced back and forth for effect.”
20. for effect – 为了制造效果
“I paced back and forth for effect.”
21. pop up – 突然出现
“it pops up from behind a bookshelf.”
22. dress up as – 装扮成
“What’s the easiest way to dress up as a mummy?”
23. wrap oneself in – 用…包裹自己
“Wrap yourself in toilet paper!”
24. play tricks on someone – 捉弄某人
“someone has been playing tricks on us.”
25. messing with our mouse minds – 玩弄我们的心智
“Messing with our mouse minds?”
26. pull the wool over someone’s eyes – 欺骗某人
“Pulling the wool over our beady little eyes?”
27. wait till I get my paws on him – 等我抓住他
“Wait till I get my paws on him.”
28. tear out his whiskers – 拔掉他的胡子
“I’ll tear out his whiskers one by one!”
29. in need of help – 需要帮助
“I always defend the weak and those in need of help.”
30. grin from ear to ear – 笑得合不拢嘴
“The little cat grinned from ear to ear.”
长难句分析
5个长难句分析：
1. “You know, Gerry Berry, you can have terrible nightmares when you eat too much before bed.”
· 结构：主语 + 情态动词 + 动词 + 时间状语从句
· 解析：Trap取笑Geronimo，认为他看到的一切只是吃太多奶酪做的噩梦。“Gerry Berry”是Trap给Geronimo起的外号。
2. “They’d call me a cheesebrain. They’d call me a mad mouse. They’d call me for advice and do the exact opposite of whatever I said.”
· 结构：三个平行句 + 对比
· 解析：Geronimo想象别人对他的反应，第三个分句用讽刺方式说明别人从不听他的建议。
3. “Being haunted by ghosts was exhausting!”
· 结构：动名词短语作主语 + 系动词 + 形容词
· 解析：“Being haunted by ghosts”是主语，说明被幽灵纠缠这件事让他筋疲力尽。
4. “He was not much older than Benjamin, and he looked like he was about to faint.”
· 结构：并列句 + 系表结构
· 解析：“not much older than”是比较结构，“looked like he was about to faint”描述小猫害怕得快要晕倒。
5. “Who would have thought such a timid cat could have given me such a big scare?”
· 结构：反义疑问句式感叹句 + 虚拟语气
· 解析：表达出乎意料——一只胆小的小猫居然能吓到Geronimo。“could have given”表示对过去事件的惊讶。
