继续读这本《Dinosaur Before Dark》，神奇树屋系列读物的第一本第10章“Home Before Dark"。
A bird began to sing.
Jack opened his eyes. He was still pointing at the picture of the Frog Creek woods.
He peeked out the tree house window. Outside he saw the exact same view.
"We're home, " whispered Annie.
The woods were lit with a golden late-afternoon light. The sun was about to set.
No time had passed since they'd left.
"Ja-ack! An-nie!" a voice called from the distance.
"That's mom, " said Annie, pointing.
这段比较简单，注意之前学过的‘向窗外望去’， peek out (of )。 另外，如果表达”被...照亮”，可考虑使用 be lit with...的句型。 说到照亮，让我想起一句诗：明月满营天似水。 这里的”满”字可用 flood一词，表示“照进”之意:Bright moonlight flooded the encampement beneath the liquescent sky.
Jack saw their mother far away. She was standing in front of their house. She looked very tiny.
"An-nie! Ja-ack!" she called.
Jack still felt dazed. He just stared at Annie.
"We took a trip in a magic tree house, " said Annie simply.
"But it's the same time as when we left, " said Jack.
Annie shrugged.
dazed是值得记住的一个词，表示“神志不清的，茫然的”， unable to think clearly or confused because of a shock or a blow on the head. 所谓一脸懵逼，可以考虑用这个词。
"And how did it take us so far away?" said Jack. "And so long ago?"
"You just looked at a book and said you wished we could go there," said Annie. "And the magic tree house took us there."
"But how?" said Jack. "And who built this magic tree house? Who put all these books here?"
a magic person?
"Oh. Look, "said Jack, "I almost forgot about this."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the gold medallion. "Someone lost this back there... in dinosaur land. Look, there's a letter M on it."
Annie's eyes got round. "You think M stands for magic person?" she said.
"I don't know, " said Jack. "I just know someone went to that place before us."
这段主要讲了讲魔法人，到底有没有魔法人呢？还真不知道啊。可以关注一个wish的用法。我真希望... I wish, 后面一般都用过去式，谈论一种大概率不能成为现实的愿景。
"Ja-ack! An-nie!" came the distant cry again.
Annie poked her head out the window. "Come-ing!" she shouted.
Jack put the god medallion back in his pocket.
He pulled the dinosaur book out of his pack and put it back with all the other books.
Then he and Annie took one last look around the tree house.
"Good-bye, house," whispered Annie.
Jack slung his backpack over his shoulder. He pointed at the ladder.
Annie started down, Jack followed.
Seconds later, they hopped onto the ground and started walking out of the woods.
这段里面，又再次复习了poke和 sling两个词的用法，具体怎么用这两个词，可以看之前的阅读文章啊。
"No one's going to believe our story," said Jack.
"Dad won't believe it, "said Jack.
"He'll say it was a dream, " said Annie.
"Mom won't belive it," said Jack.
"She'll say it was pretend."
"My teacher won't believe it, " said Jack.
"She'll say you're nuts," said Annie.
"We better not tell anyone," said Jack.
"I already said that," said Annie.
Jack sighed, "I think I'm starting to not believe it myself, " he said.
They left the woods, and started up the road toward their house.
pretend 这里是形容词，表示“假装的，”，又一次学到这个词了，神奇树屋就是神奇，作者一直在反复用相同的词帮助初学写作的人入门。
as they walked past all the houses on their street, the trip to dinosaur time did seem more and more like a dream.
Only this world and this time seemed real.
Jack reached into his pocket. He clasped the gold medallion.
He felt the engraving of the letter M. It made Jack's fingers tingle.
Jack laughed. Suddenly he felt very happy.
He couldn't explain why had happened today. But he knew for sure that their trip in the magic tree house had been real.
Absolutely real.
"Tomorrow," Jack said softly, "we'll go back to the woods."
"Of course," said Annie.
"And we'll climb up the tree house, " said Jack.
"And we'll see what happens next," said Jack, "Of course, " said Annie.
"Race you!"
And they took off together, running for home.
这段特别值得学习的写作手法是：让主角从冒险旅程中带回一个道具。这里道具明显就是有M标志的奖牌了。作者用两三句话描述了主角Jack得到道具的美好心情。
He felt the engraving of the letter M. It made Jack's fingers tingle. Jack laughed.
终于算是把这本书让自己的方式读完了，还真学到不少呢，下次有空再写个总结的小笔记了。最近在编自己的同义词词典，要提升英文写作能力，除了要多背单词外，还需要在炼字炼句中多下功夫，提高所谓遣词造句的能力。
比如，以下几个句子怎么写得更地道呢？
- 他天真地以为他可以轻松地在考试上拿到A.
- 她在杰克粗糙的两边脸颊上给了个吻。
- 他用力地摇了摇头。
怎么才能把上面粗体部分的词写地道呢？可以自行思考，但终归要回到大量阅读输入，之后再大量写作输出的路子上来。
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~