The man cocked his rifle and directed it at my chest. I was just
"Joey, Joey," said a mysterious voice. I opened my eyes with a struggle.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You were shaking and sweating like crazy. And saying something like, 'No, please don't shoot me!' and stuff like that," said Steve.
"Uh," I groaned as I turned over and belched on Steve's shoes.
"Hey!" screamed Steve, "Those are my new Nike Air shoes!"
"where are we anyways?" I asked.
"We're waiting for our ship to get ready, duh!"
I nearly forgot. Both Steve and I were taking a cruise to Iceland.
"The Great White is to departure to Iceland!" shouted the P.A.
"That's our cue!" I shouted in excitement, "Iceland, here we come!"
"Toilet, here I come..." I groaned as I fumbled my way down the aisles of the ship.
"I told you not to eat too much food and then run around like a lunatic!" shouted Steve. "People these days," he mumbled, "what they do for attention."
"Passengers, we are just 1 hour away from reaching Iceland," said the P.A, "would all passengers please stay seated for the next hour."
"I hope they have a built in toilet in each seat," I said nervously, "because I feel another load coming on."
"Don't worry Joey, just keep thinking
"What was that?" I asked.
"Evacuate! Evacuate! We've just hit an iceberg! Evacuate! Evacuate!" shouted the P.A. And in the b
"Come on Joey! Let's get out of here!" shouted Steve. I ran as fast as I could, while dodging all of the flying furniture coming towards me. I huffed and puffed as I ran up the platform of the ship, which was becoming more and more vertical with each passing second. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw several tables tumbling towards Steve.
"Steve!" I shouted, "Watch out!" But it was too late. By the time Steve had turned around and faced me, the tables had already collided into him and sent him rolling down the platform. "Steve! No!" I shouted as I watched him being sucked down into the water. I stood there, helplessly, just staring after him. And then I remembered that I had to get out of this ship, or else I'd end up like Steve. So I jumped for my last chance at life. I grabbed a pole and held on fast. And then in a flash, my legs pushed me off of the pole and I splashed in the water. I surfaced, and watched as The Great White slowly sank into the unknown secrets of the Waterworld...
I grunted with effort as I pulled myself into an abandoned raft. I looked around me in the raft, I see nothing but canned food and mold. "Oh well," I sigh, "at least there's food." I quickly change my mind when I open a can. It was filled with nothing but mold. I take a look at my surroundings, nothing but endless water, endless oceans, endless nightmares. I just can't place Steve's death out of my mind. It just doesn't seem fair, that he had to die at such a young age. I don't even know how I'm surviving. I don't even know how I'm going to survive.
During evening the next day, there was a violent rumble, and a big swooshing sound. I turned and looked through my binoculars. There, in the distance, was a humongous tsunami headed my way. Boom! I jumped. I looked up to see the clouds darkening and the lightning illuminating the endless sky. "Great," I said, "just like salt can't go without pepper, tsunamis can't go without a storm." I returned my glance to the tsunami, and even though it was still far away, I was terrified of it. I took my paddle and started to move out of the tsunami's path. There it was again, the swooshing noise. I turned my glance towards to where the sound came from. There, dead ahead, was a monster wave taller than Harbor Center, and longer than a train, rushing in my direction. I just watched it, terrified of its massive size, its thundering noise, and, its rushing speed. Fortunately for me, the tsunami didn't crash until
"Good-bye life? Try good-bye tsunami!" shouted a voice from above. I looked up. There, in midair, was a chopper to rescue me. "Grab on!" shouted the voice as he threw down a rope ladder. I quickly grabbed hold of it and just barely missed the tsunami. I looked down as I was being pulled up. Boom! The tsunami crashed in the spot where I was before, awaiting my death. But I realized that life was too good to give up, so I cheated death, by a hair.
"where am I? And who are you?" I asked in a weary voice.
"You're home, and my name's Steve," said the voice.
"What?" That was I could say before I slumped into a deep sleep....
"Joey, Joey," said a mysterious voice. I opened my eyes. "Joey, Joey," repeated the voice. I looked at my surroundings, and found out that I was in a hospital bed, and that I was not alone. I looked at my visitor. He had blue eyes, brown hair, a gaunt face, all of the features that Steve had! I gasped.
"Steve?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied.
"But, you're-,"
"No. I didn't die," he replied.
"But, how?"
"It doesn't matter now, but I'll tell you someday. The main priority for you is to get better," he said, "Don't worry, your parents will be here soon." I smiled and thought in my head, "So many good things happened in my life, and so many of them lost. But this adventure, I shall never forget." I took one last look around me, and then I closed my eyes...
相关单词：groaned
groaned解释：v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦
groaned例句：
He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：belched
belched解释：v.打嗝( belch的过去式和过去分词 )；喷出，吐出；打（嗝）；嗳（气）
belched例句：
He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly. 他用手抹了抹嘴，然后打了个响亮的饱嗝。
Artillery growled and belched on the horizon. 大炮轰鸣在地平面上猛烈地爆炸。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
相关单词：fumbled
fumbled解释：（笨拙地）摸索或处理（某事物）( fumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱摸，笨拙地弄； 使落下
fumbled例句：
She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
He fumbled
相关单词：aisles
aisles解释：n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
aisles例句：
Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期，原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
They walked
相关单词：mumbled
mumbled解释：含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
mumbled例句：
He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
相关单词：nervously
nervously解释：adv.神情激动地，不安地
nervously例句：
He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
相关单词：evacuate
evacuate解释：v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
evacuate例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
相关单词：iceberg
iceberg解释：n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人
iceberg例句：
The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
相关单词：dodging
dodging解释：n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避
dodging例句：
He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：puffed
puffed解释：adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧
puffed例句：
He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-
相关单词：vertical
vertical解释：adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置
vertical例句：
The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。
相关单词：grunted
grunted解释：（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说
grunted例句：
She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
相关单词：rumble
rumble解释：n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说
rumble例句：
I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。
相关单词：binoculars
binoculars解释：n.双筒望远镜
binoculars例句：
He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜，我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。
相关单词：tsunami
tsunami解释：n.海啸
tsunami例句：
Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
相关单词：illuminating
illuminating解释：a.富于启发性的，有助阐明的
illuminating例句：
We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大。
I found his talk most illuminating. 我觉得他的话很有启发性。
相关单词：tsunamis
tsunamis解释：n.海啸( tsunami的名词复数 )
tsunamis例句：
Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently, tsunamis. 海中充满着地震、火山，包括最近发生的海啸。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
Please tell me something more
相关单词：demolished
demolished解释：v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光
demolished例句：
The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
相关单词：numb
numb解释：adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木
numb例句：
His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。
相关单词：slumped
slumped解释：大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
slumped例句：
Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。
相关单词：gasped
gasped解释：v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要
gasped例句：
She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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