Mr Midnight The Beam of Doom

(1)New Words:

1.riotous  (adj)

(i)(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.

(ii)(of a person) inciting or taking part in a riot.

(iii)given to or marked by unrestrained revelry; loose; wanton 

2.hapless  (adj)

(i)unlucky; luckless; unfortunate

3.crust  (noun)

(i)the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread

(ii)the outer layer of the earth

(iii)the hard outer shell or covering of an animal.

(iv)a scab or eschar

(v)any more or less hard external covering or coating

4.immense  (adj)

(i)vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.  

(ii)immeasurable; boundless.  

(iii)Informal . splendid

5.devastating  (adj)

(i)tending or threatening

6.craggy  (adj)

(i)rugged; harsh; rough

Sentences:

(i)Nowadays, ships' captains have radar, sonar, and satelite navigation to tell them where they are.

(ii)In this day and age, the remaining lighthouses are mainly of use to small fishing vessels and yatchs.

(iii)Cold perspiration broke out on my forehead.

(iv)Ocean let out a sharp gasp.

(v)My guts froze.

(vi)It was a deadly evil thing.

(vii)Lightning forked across the heavens.

(viii)I didn't look back.

(ix)As they vanished into the night, the headland rumbled beneath our feet.

(x)A cluster of shadowy shapes had risen from the ground and was advancing towards us.


The outline

On a school trip to the USA, Keene Ngan is living up to his nickname: the Master of Disaster. First his canoe, with all his friends on board, is swept out to sea. Then he finds himself in a haunted lighthouse where the beam of doom shines on death.

Goosebump-The revenge of The Live Dummy

(1)New Words:

1.curse(noun,verb)

–noun

(i)

the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.

(ii)

a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.

(iii)

the act of reciting such a formula.

(iv)

a profane oath; curse word.

(v)

an evil that has been invoked upon one.

–verb (used with object)

(vi)

to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.

(vii)

to afflict with great evil.

(viii)

to excommunicate.

–verb (used without object)

(ix)

to utter curses; swear profanely

2.terror(Noun)

–noun

(i)

intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.

(ii) 

an instance or cause of intense fear or anxiety; quality of causing terror: to be a terror to evildoers.

(iii)

any period of frightful violence or bloodshed likened to the Reign of Terror in France.

(iv)

violence or threats of violence used for intimidation or coercion; terrorism.

(v)

Informal . a person or thing that is especially annoying or unpleasant.

3.drenching(verb,noun)
–verb (used with object) 4.gleam(verb,noun)

–noun 

(i) 

a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.

(ii) 

a dim or subdued light.

(iii) 

a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; trace: a gleam of hope.

–verb (used without object)

(iv) 

to send forth a gleam or gleams.

(v) 

to appear suddenly and clearly like a flash of light.

 

5.pelting(verb,noun)

–verb (used with object)

(i) 

to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.

(ii) 

to throw (missiles).

(iii) 

to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields.

(iv) 

to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.

(v) 

to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.

–verb (used without object)

(vi) 

to strike blows; beat with force or violence.

(vii) 

to throw missiles.

(viii) 

to hurry.

(ix) 

to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.

(x) 

to cast abuse.

–noun

(xi) 

the act of pelting.

(xii) 

a vigorous stroke; whack.

(xiii) 

a blow with something thrown.

(xiv) 

speed.

(xv) 

an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)The outline and my impression

 

  This storybook is telling us about Britney's cousin, Ethan is going to come Britney house because Ethan's family are going for a vacation. When Ethan reach Britney's house, he brought a evil ventriloquist's dummy with him called, Mr.Badboy. Britney found out that the dummy with Ethan is alive and they tried to bury it.Can they buried the dummy before the dummy do any serious damage on them...?

 

 

  After watching this storybook, I think this is a good storybook because it is very exciting. I wish i could borrow a nice storybook same as this storybook.

  

 

 

(i)

to wet thoroughly; soak.

(ii) 

to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.

(iii) 

to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.

–noun

(iv) 

something that drenches: a drench of rain.

(v)

a preparation for drenching or steeping.

(vi) 

a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.