CHAPTER 10 · 全书共 18 章
Boggis’s Chicken House Number One 博吉斯的1号鸡舍
狐狸爸爸带着四只小狐狸，朝一个“很特别的方向”重新挖洞。地道里没有白天，没有黑夜，他们不知道挖了多久——头顶忽然碰到硬硬的东西：是木板！推开木板，成千上万只鸡！这里，是博吉斯的1号鸡舍。
Boggis’s Chicken House Number One —— 地下的宝藏
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狐狸爸爸带着四只小狐狸，朝一个“很特别的方向”重新挖洞。地道里没有白天，没有黑夜，他们不知道挖了多久——头顶忽然碰到硬硬的东西：是木板！推开木板，成千上万只鸡！这里，是博吉斯的1号鸡舍。
Mr Fox points sideways and downward: “This time we must go in a very special direction.” He and his four children start digging again. They dig for a long, long time — no days, no nights in the murky tunnel. Then their heads hit something hard: wooden planks! Mr Fox pushes up the floorboards and — hallelujah! — they are inside Boggis’s Chicken House Number One, teeming with chickens by the thousand! Now read “Boggis’s Chicken House Number One” and find out what happens when a starving fox lands in a treasure-house of hens.狐狸爸爸指着侧面和下方：“这次我们必须朝一个非常特别的方向挖。”他和四只小狐狸又开始挖洞。他们挖了很久很久——阴暗的地道里没有白天，没有黑夜。突然，头顶碰到硬硬的东西：是木板！狐狸爸爸推开地板——哈利路亚！——他们钻进了博吉斯的1号鸡舍，成千上万只鸡！现在来读《博吉斯的1号鸡舍》，看一只饿极了的狐狸落到鸡的天堂会发生什么。
Roald Dahl loves a good surprise — and he loves to make us dig for it. In Chapter 10, Mr Fox refuses to say where he is going: “I dare not do that… you would go crazy with excitement.” So the readers dig in the dark beside the cubs, hit the wooden planks, hold our breath as the floorboard creaks — and then Dahl throws the whole chicken-house in our faces: “I’ve done it!” Watch how secrecy makes the reward sweeter.罗尔德·达尔爱写「惊喜」——也爱让读者跟着一起挖。第十章里狐狸爸爸不肯说去哪儿：“我不敢说……你们会兴奋得发疯。”于是读者和小狐狸一起在黑暗里挖，头顶碰到木板，地板嘎吱响时屏住呼吸——然后达尔把整间鸡舍砸到我们脸上：“我成功了！”看保密如何让回报更甜。
In Chapter 9, the foxes had gone three days and nights without food or water. The cubs begged to dash out; Mrs Fox refused: “I’d sooner you stay down here and die in peace.” Mr Fox sat silent, got up with “a little spark of excitement” in his eyes, then sighed and sat down again — the plan needed digging and they had no strength. The four Small Foxes jumped up: “Yes we are, Dad! We can do it!” So Mr Fox said: “I suppose we could give it a try.”第九章里，狐狸一家已经三天三夜没吃没喝。小狐狸想冲出去，妈妈不许：“我宁可你们待在洞里安静地死。”爸爸沉默着站起来，眼里闪起一丝火花，却又叹气坐下——办法要挖洞，可全家没力气了。四只小狐狸跳起来：“我们做得到，爸爸！”于是爸爸说：“那我们就试试吧。”
Mr Fox digs sideways and downward toward a “very special direction.” What do you think he will find?第十章叫《博吉斯的1号鸡舍》。狐狸爸爸朝侧面和下方挖“很特别的方向”，你觉得他会挖到什么？
Pick one to remember your prediction — come back after reading to check!
点一个选项记住你的预测，读完全章后回来揭晓答案。
Two more questions after reading · 还有两个小问题：
1. What did the foxes’ heads hit above the tunnel?
狐狸们头顶碰到了什么？
2. What did Mr Fox send the biggest Small Fox home with?
狐狸爸爸让最大的小狐狸带什么回家？
跟着原文读一遍。橙色单词先别查——根据上下文猜一猜。点击任意单词弹出词典卡片（中英释义 · 发音 · 例句）；点段落开头的 ▶ 听朗读（英式男声）。
“This time we must go in a very special direction,” said Mr Fox, pointing sideways and downward. So he and his four children started to dig once again. The work went much more slowly now. Yet they kept at it with great courage, and little by little the tunnel began to grow. “Dad, I wish you would tell us where we are going,” said one of the children. “I dare not do that,” said Mr Fox, “because this place I am hoping to get to is so marvellous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement. And then, if we failed to get there (which is very possible), you would die of disappointment. I don’t want to raise your hopes too much, my darlings.”
For a long long time they kept digging. For how long they did not know, because there were no days and no nights down there in the murky tunnel. But at last Mr Fox gave the order to stop. “I think,” he said, “we had better take a peep upstairs now and see where we are. I know where I want to be, but I can’t possibly be sure we’re anywhere near it.” Slowly, wearily, the foxes began to slope the tunnel up towards the surface. Up and up it went . . . until suddenly they came to something hard above their heads and they couldn’t go up any further. Mr Fox reached up to examine this hard thing. “It’s wood!” he whispered. “Wooden planks!” “What does that mean, Dad?” “It means, unless I am very much mistaken, that we are right underneath somebody’s house,” whispered Mr Fox. “Be very quiet now while I take a peek.”
Carefully, Mr Fox began pushing up one of the floorboards. The board creaked most terribly and they all ducked down, waiting for something awful to happen. Nothing did. So Mr Fox pushed up a second board. And then, very very cautiously, he poked his head up through the gap. He let out a shriek of excitement. “I’ve done it!” he yelled. “I’ve done it first time! I’ve done it! I’ve done it!” He pulled himself up through the gap in the floor and started prancing and dancing with joy. “Come on up!” he sang out. “Come up and see where you are, my darlings! What a sight for a hungry fox! Hallelujah! Hooray! Hooray!” The four Small Foxes scrambled up out of the tunnel and what a fantastic sight it was that now met their eyes! They were in a huge shed and the whole place was teeming with chickens. There were white chickens and brown chickens and black chickens by the thousand! “Boggis’s Chicken House Number One!” cried Mr Fox. “It’s exactly what I was aiming at! I hit it slap in the middle! First time! Isn’t that fantastic! And, if I may say so, rather clever!”
The Small Foxes went wild with excitement. They started running around in all directions, chasing the stupid chickens. “Wait!” ordered Mr Fox. “Don’t lose your heads! Stand back! Calm down! Let’s do this properly! First of all, everyone have a drink of water!” They all ran over to the chickens’ drinking-trough and lapped up the lovely cool water. Then Mr Fox chose three of the plumpest hens, and with a clever flick of his jaws he killed them instantly.
“Back to the tunnel!” he ordered. “Come on! No fooling around! The quicker you move, the quicker you shall have something to eat!” One after another, they climbed down through the hole in the floor and soon they were all standing once again in the dark tunnel. Mr Fox reached up and pulled the floorboards back into place. He did this with great care. He did it so that no one could tell they had ever been moved.
“My son,” he said, giving the three plump hens to the biggest of his four small children, “run back with these to your mother. Tell her to prepare a feast. Tell her the rest of us will be along in a jiffy, as soon as we have made a few other little arrangements.”
这一章：狐狸爸爸指着一个“很特别的方向”，领着全家在黑暗里挖；四只小狐狸又累又饿却紧跟不舍，进了鸡舍就兴奋得发狂，被爸爸一声喝住；狐狸妈妈在家等候——一顿盛宴，就要开席了。
这一章写狐狸爸爸找到宝藏。记叙文写「达成目标」，常让主角先保密、再行动，用语言、动作和环境把成功写出来——黑暗里的地道越沉闷，破板而入的光就越亮。
My son, he said, giving the three plump hens to the biggest of his four small children.
The oldest cub is named by size alone — the biggest. One word makes him the natural messenger: big enough to carry the hens, trusted enough for the first job of the feast.
大儿子只靠一个词被认出——the biggest（最大的）。一个词就让他成为当然的信使：大得背得动鸡，又受得起第一份差事。
“I’ve done it!” he yelled. “I’ve done it first time! I’ve done it! I’ve done it!”
One sentence said four times: joy breaks grammar and repeats itself. The voice of a father who kept a secret for hours finally bursts out — and we burst with him.
一句话连说四遍：快乐冲破语法，自己重复自己。守了一路秘密的爸爸终于喊出声——我们也跟着一起炸开。
Mr Fox chose three of the plumpest hens, and with a clever flick of his jaws he killed them instantly.
Chose, flick, instantly: the expert’s calm hand in three beats. Big emotion above ground (shouts, dancing) meets quick, silent skill below — the hero is both loud and precise.
挑、甩、瞬间：老手的三步冷静。上面是大呼小叫、又蹦又跳，下面却是又快又静的一击——这位英雄既张扬，又精准。
I dare not do that ... if we failed to get there, you would die of disappointment. I don’t want to raise your hopes too much, my darlings.
The father explains his own silence: he is thinking of their feelings before the plan is even made. Psychology here is hidden love — the secret is a gift of protection.
爸爸解释了自己的沉默：计划还没开始，他先想到了孩子们的心。这里的心理是藏起来的爱——保密，本身就是一份保护。
He let out a shriek of excitement. He pulled himself up through the gap and started prancing and dancing with joy.
A shriek, then prancing and dancing: the usually calm father turns into a dancer. Expression bursts out of the body before words can form — pure, childish joy.
一声尖叫，然后是蹦蹦跳跳：平时沉稳的爸爸跳起舞来。神情先于语言从身体里迸出来——纯粹的、孩子气的快乐。
There were no days and no nights down there in the murky tunnel. ... They were in a huge shed and the whole place was teeming with chickens. There were white chickens and brown chickens and black chickens by the thousand!
Dark first, then light: the murky tunnel has no time, the huge shed is bursting with colour and life. The setting itself tells the story — from a prison of darkness into a treasure-house of plenty.
先暗后亮：阴森的地道里没有时间，巨大的鸡舍里满是色彩和生命。环境本身就在讲故事——从黑暗的牢笼，走进丰饶的宝藏屋。
这一章是「朝着目标一路挖下去」的探索结构：新方向（保密）→ 漫长挖掘（没有昼夜）→ 碰到木板（线索出现）→ 破板而入（达成！）→ 带鸡回家（新悬念）。一环扣一环，直到章末才喘口气。
This time we must go in a very special direction ... I dare not do that ...
狐狸爸爸指着侧面下方：这次必须朝一个非常特别的方向挖。孩子们问去哪儿，他不肯说。
How it expands · 怎么展开：围绕 special direction / the secret 展开：先给方向（侧面、往下），再给悬念（去哪儿、干什么，一个字不说）。目标藏在黑暗里，读者和狐狸一起挖。
For how long they did not know, because there were no days and no nights down there in the murky tunnel.
挖了很久很久——地道里没有白天黑夜，时间被拿走了。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「时间消失」展开：不写挖了几天几小时，直接说没有昼夜。省略让读者感到漫长的滋味，为后面的成功攒足力气。
“It’s wood!” he whispered. “Wooden planks!” ... “we are right underneath somebody’s house.”
头顶碰到硬物：是木头，是木板——我们正处在某人房子的正下方。
How it expands · 怎么展开：线索用「低声耳语」展开：木头、木板、别人的房子——一步一步收紧，答案就在头顶上，读者已屏住呼吸。
“I’ve done it! I’ve done it first time! I’ve done it! I’ve done it!” ... teeming with chickens by the thousand!
推起地板探出头：我成功了！眼前是博吉斯的1号鸡舍，成千上万只鸡！
How it expands · 怎么展开：高潮用「爆发」展开：四连欢呼 + 白棕黑三色排比 + by the thousand 翻倍。黑暗攒了三段的力气，在这一刻全部炸开。
Mr Fox pulled the floorboards back into place ... “My son, run back with these to your mother. Tell her to prepare a feast.”
善后不留痕迹，把三只肥鸡交给大儿子，让妈妈准备盛宴——其余的人还要办点别的小事。
How it expands · 怎么展开：收束用「使命交接」展开：先放回地板（冷静），再交鸡传话（温情），最后一句 a few other little arrangements 把章末变成下一章的入口。
这是「探索·达成」结构，复述时沿着挖掘的脚步走：新方向 → 漫长挖掘 → 木板线索 → 破板而入 → 带鸡回家。
小提示：与「思维导图」搭配用——把导图的枝条按 新方向 → 漫长挖掘 → 木板线索 → 破板而入 → 带鸡回家 排好，先看导图复述一遍，再合上导图凭记忆复述一遍。
示意图：一板之隔，从地狱到天堂——黑暗攒得越久，光明来得越亮。
把第十章的信息装进这张「思维导图」，再沿着复述支架讲一遍——你也能当小老师！
把句子补充完整，就完成了第十章的复述。
复述加分：用 First / Then / Next / Also / Finally 把六句话串起来；讲到“no days and no nights”放慢，读出漫长的黑暗；讲到爸爸推地板，压低声音读“It’s wood!”；讲到“I’ve done it!”，声音突然亮起来——宝藏找到了！
5 张图卡按情节顺序排好。看着图片，用英文把第十章讲出来——点击图片可以放大，每张图点开都有一句「提示句」帮你起头。
提示：图卡可左右滑动查看全部 5 张；点「看看提示句」展开英文句子；点图片放大全屏。
1 · First 新方向→ 2 · Then 漫长挖掘→ 3 · Next 破板而入→ 4 · Also 先喝水选鸡→ 5 · Finally 带鸡回家小挑战：先看着图讲一遍，再合上图卡，只凭记忆讲一遍——能做到，第十章就真正属于你了！
这一章，Dahl 不写挖洞，写「一个目标是怎么挖到的」：一段保密的对话、一句漫长的“没有昼夜”、四声欢呼、五条命令、一只把鸡带回家的手。秘密武器是这六招：
目的地对孩子保密，也对读者保密。crazy 和 die of disappointment 都是最夸张的词——爸爸把后果说得越可怕，我们就越想知道：那到底是什么地方？Dahl 把答案藏到第 4 段才掀开，读者的心被吊得高高的。
把关键信息藏起来，吊住读者的胃口——中文叫「悬念」；就像“且听下回分解”，越不让知道，越想往下看。
Dahl 不写“他们挖了三天三夜”，只写“没有白天，没有黑夜”。时间一消失，漫长就变成了感觉：读者跟着他们一下一下地挖，越挖越沉。留白，比写实更让人喘不过气。
不把细节写满，留一块空白给读者——中文叫「留白」；“白发三千丈”不写具体天数，只写感觉，一句顶万句。
快乐大到一句话装不下，就再说一遍、再说一遍。四遍 done it 像四声礼炮：三天的黑暗、一整个秘密、全部的辛苦，在这一刻一次性炸开。反复，是欢呼最自然的写法。
同一个词、同一句话反复出现——中文叫「反复」；“成功了！成功了！”一声高过一声，读者的心也跟着一下一下跳起来。
前半章，地道又暗又闷，时间都消失了；后半章，鸡舍又大又亮，白棕黑的鸡挤满整个画面。Dahl 先把读者按进黑暗里，再猛地拉开帘子——没有对比，就没有“fantastic”。
用环境反衬情绪——中文叫「反衬」或「以景衬情」；“月黑风高”之后是“灯火通明”，越暗越亮，越苦越甜。
孩子兴奋得发狂时，爸爸一句话一个叹号：Wait! / Stand back! / Calm down! 五条命令又短又硬，把狂奔的节奏猛地刹住。句式一变，掌控感就回来了——读者眼前立刻站着一位冷静的指挥官。
连续短句一字一顿——中文叫「短句排比」；“立定！稍息！向前看！”句子越短，语气越硬，节奏越稳。
这句话没有欢呼，也没有命令——是全章最安静的一句。欢呼之前，爸爸先护住孩子的心：不把希望抬得太高，是怕万一落空摔得太疼。darlings 一个词，把前面所有命令都变成了温柔。抄进你的好句本吧。
把心底的话直接说出来——中文叫「直抒胸臆」；“不是不想你，只是怕你失望”，一句平常话，藏着最深的心意。
中西对照小发现：英文 secrecy 就是中文「悬念」，time ellipsis 就是「留白/虚写」，joy by repetition 就是「反复」，dark to light 就是「反衬」，command rhythm 就是「短句排比」，golden line 里的直白心声就是「直抒胸臆」。给小朋友讲的时候，中英文术语可以互相借用，哪边熟讲哪边。
三个难度层级：先找细节，再推原因，最后谈看法。点「提示」给一点帮助，点「答案」对照想法。
1. Which direction did Mr Fox point? 狐狸爸爸指向哪个方向？
2. What did the foxes’ heads hit above the tunnel? 狐狸们头顶碰到了什么？
3. What did the whole place teem with? 那地方到处都是什么？
4. Why wouldn’t Mr Fox tell the children where they were going? 爸爸为什么不告诉孩子们去哪儿？
5. Why did Mr Fox pull the floorboards back into place with great care? 爸爸为什么万分小心地把地板放回原位？
6. Why did Mr Fox choose three plump hens and kill them instantly? 爸爸为什么挑三只最肥的母鸡并瞬间咬死？
7. Is stealing the chickens right? What would you do if you were Mr Fox? 偷鸡对吗？如果你是狐狸爸爸会怎么办？
8. What does “fantastic” mean in this story? 这里的 fantastic 是什么意思？
9. If you were the biggest Small Fox running home with the hens, what would you say to your mother? 如果你是抱着鸡跑回家的大儿子，会对妈妈说什么？
Chapter 10 pays the patience of Chapter 9. After three dark days, Mr Fox aims his family at a secret treasure — Boggis’s Chicken House Number One — digs through wood and time, and lands slap in the middle of a thousand chickens. The chapter is not really about stealing: it is about a father who keeps a dream quiet until he can hand it to his children as a feast.
第十章回报了第九章的忍耐。熬过三天的黑暗，狐狸爸爸把全家带往一个秘密宝藏——博吉斯的1号鸡舍——穿过木头和时间，正正好好地落进一千只鸡中间。这一章写的其实不是偷鸡：是一位父亲把梦想悄悄藏好，直到能把它当作盛宴，端到孩子面前。
每张词卡正面是原文句子——先根据上下文猜意思，再点击翻面验证。学完 12 个核心词，别忘了下面的「拓展好词」。
“this place I am hoping to get to is so marvellous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement”
猜一猜：很糟糕 / 棒极了 / 很普通？
“I dare not do that,” said Mr Fox.
猜一猜：敢 / 假装 / 忘记？
“there were no days and no nights down there in the murky tunnel”
猜一猜：明亮干净的 / 阴暗浑浊的 / 宽大舒适的？
“It’s wood!” he whispered. “Wooden planks!”
猜一猜：绳子 / 木板 / 石头？
“The board creaked most terribly and they all ducked down”
猜一猜：嘎吱响 / 轻轻响 / 静悄悄？
“And then, very very cautiously, he poked his head up through the gap”
猜一猜：大胆地 / 小心翼翼地 / 飞快地？
“He let out a shriek of excitement.”
猜一猜：一声叹息 / 一声尖叫 / 一阵笑声？
“The four Small Foxes scrambled up out of the tunnel”
猜一猜：慢慢爬 / 手脚并用爬 / 飞出去？
“the whole place was teeming with chickens”
猜一猜：空荡荡的 / 挤满了的 / 安静无声的？
“Mr Fox chose three of the plumpest hens”
猜一猜：最瘦的 / 最肥的 / 最快的？
“with a clever flick of his jaws he killed them instantly”
猜一猜：慢吞吞地咬 / 迅速一甩 / 大声喊叫？
“the rest of us will be along in a jiffy”
猜一猜：一天 / 一小会儿 / 一个月？
| Word | Meaning 释义 | From the text 原文 |
|---|---|---|
| peep | n. 一瞥；偷看 | “take a peep upstairs now” |
| trough | n. 水槽；食槽 | “the chickens’ drinking-trough” |
| lap | v. 舔饮；舔食 | “lapped up the lovely cool water” |
| underneath | prep. 在……下面 | “right underneath somebody’s house” |
| shed | n. 棚屋；鸡舍 | “They were in a huge shed” |
| instantly | adv. 立即；瞬间 | “he killed them instantly” |
| feast | n. 盛宴；大餐 | “Tell her to prepare a feast” |
| arrangement | n. 安排；布置 | “a few other little arrangements” |
本章的 4 个语法点都藏在课文句子里：每个点按「规则 → 原文例句 → 即时练习」三步走，最后做综合小测检验。先找情态动词 dare / had better，再看 There be 句型、现在完成时和 the + 比较级。
规则：dare not do 表示「不敢做某事」，dare 作情态动词时后面直接接动词原形、不加 to；had better do 表示「最好做某事」，是建议和提醒，后面也接动词原形。
P1“I dare not do that,” said Mr Fox. P2“we had better take a peep upstairs now.”
dare not do 敢做→不敢做：I dare not do that（我不敢那样做）；had better take 最好看一眼：we had better take a peep（我们最好看一眼）。两个情态结构后面都接动词原形。
1. dare（I dare not tell him the truth. 我不敢告诉他真相。）
2. go（We had better go home now. 我们最好现在回家。）
规则：There + be + 名词 表示「某处存在某物」。单数用 there is / was，复数用 there are / were；可以连接并列名词，把画面一层层铺开。
P3There were white chickens and brown chickens and black chickens by the thousand!
There were 表示「那里有」：白鸡、棕鸡、黑鸡——三种颜色并列，画面一下子铺满。注意 be 动词跟随离它最近的名词：单数用 is/was，复数用 are/were。
1. was（a huge shed 是单数：有一间巨大的鸡舍。）
2. are（apples and oranges 是复数：桌上有苹果和橙子。）
规则：have / has + 过去分词（done） 表示「已经做完某事」，强调动作完成、结果已出现。常见搭配：I’ve done it!（我做到了！）；as soon as + 现在完成时 表示「一……就……」。过去分词不规则时需背诵：do → done, make → made。
P3“I’ve done it!” he yelled. P6as soon as we have made a few other little arrangements.
I’ve done it = I have done it：我（已经）做到了——动作刚完成，结果就在眼前；have made 表示「已经办完」几件小事。只要强调“已经”，就用 have/has + 过去分词。
1. done（I’ve done it = 我已经做到了。）
2. made（have made = 已经安排好；make 的过去分词是 made。）
规则：the + 比较级 ... , the + 比较级 ... 表示「越……，就越……」：前半句是条件，后半句是结果。两个比较级都放在 the 后面，中间用逗号隔开。
P5The quicker you move, the quicker you shall have something to eat!
The quicker you move, the quicker you shall eat = 你动得越快，就越快有东西吃。前半 the quicker（越快）是条件，后半 the quicker（越快）是结果——“越……越……”。
1. more（你读得越多，知道得越多。）
2. better（越早越好；the sooner, the better 是固定说法。）
语法小贴士：四个点合起来看：dare not / had better 管「态度」（敢不敢、最好不），There be 管「存在」，现在完成时管「已经」，the+比较级管「因果递进」。造句时先想清楚：你要表达的是态度、存在、完成还是递进？选对句型，句子就有劲儿。
5 道选择题 + 1 个配对游戏。先做选择题，再做配对，看看你能得几分！
1Which direction did Mr Fox point?
2What did the foxes find above their heads?
3What was Boggis’s Chicken House Number One full of?
4How many hens did Mr Fox choose?
5Who carried the three hens home?
先点左边的角色，再点右边他说的话。
还有 3 对要配对。
这一页是你的自学地图：学习目标、学习步骤和全部答案都在这里，跟着走就能通关第十章。