Secret of the Sands, Lesson 11 of Book 4a典范英语由Gogo边听边写 - 浙北英语网

The childrenwere playing on the computer. They were playing Chip’s new game, Secret of thesands. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. “Look at the key!” cried Biff. “It’stime for an adventure.” Floppy growled. He didn’t want an adventure but themagic was starting to work. The magic took the children into a desert. They sawa boy riding a camel across the hot sands. The boy rode up to them. “My name isAli,” he said. “You must come to my tent. You can’t stay out in this hot sun.”Ali helped the children climb on to the camels. Floppy sat with Kipper. “Thiscamel is too bumpy for me,” thought Floppy. Ali took the children to his tent.He gave them some cooler clothes. Then he showed them a map. “I’m going to thevillage on this map,” said Ali. “Nobody lives there now but long ago my fatherhid some treasure there. He called it the Secret of the sands.” “Secret of thesands! That’s the same name as my game,” cried Chip. “Can we help you to findthe treasure.” “Oh yes! I’d like you to help,” said Ali. “Come on, let’s go!”They rode through deep,rocky valleys and up steep, sandy hills. At last,theycame to the village. There was sand everywhere. It had blown into the emptyrooms and drifted over the walls. “There must had been a sand storm,” said Ali.“It all looks different from the map. I don’t know where to look.” Wilf pointedto an old tower. “That’s the tower on the map,” he said. “We must me very nearthe treasure. Let’s look here.” They looked into the shadowy rooms and pokedthe sand with sticks. “I’ll help too,” thought Floppy and he dug some deepholes. Suddenly, Floppy disappeared. “Help!” shouted Biff. “Floppy has fallendown a hole. We must rescue him.” They climbed down into a hidden room. Wilmashone her touch around and something glittered in the light. It was a treasurechest. The chest was full of glittering gold and sparkling jewels. “The Secretof the sands!” said Ali. “How beautiful!” The children put the chest on the Ali’s camel. Suddenly,they herd a noise. It grew louder and louder. Two men on a motorbike camespeeding towards them. “There’re desert robbers,” cried Ali. “There’re afterthe treasure.” The children raced away but the robbers came closer and closer. “They’regoing to catch us,” cried Ali. “What can we do?” Suddenly, there was a loudcrash. “Floppy has saved us,” shouted Kipper. “The robbers has fallen into oneof his holes.They’ll never get us now.” They got back safely and Ali gaveFloppy a golden camel. “Thank you for saving us,” he said. The magic key beganto glow. “It’s time for us to go,” said Biff. The magic took the children home.“What an adventure!” said Chip. “What glittering gold!” said Wilma. “What bigbumpy camels!” thought Floppy.