【正文】 l. The por ter, however, coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。I am a f or eigner,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl i sh l i ke t hat ! The por t er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey underst and m oder n ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ctur es ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way that we li ke pr et y curt ai n m at eri al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o my r oom yester day. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng thi s pi ctur e on the wal ,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r i ght, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungry and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at e r i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n t he mi ddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wate r! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had t roubl e wi t h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car out s ide his gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par king39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil t ur n m otori sts t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。t axi39。 i s a sm al l Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。Pi l at us Port er 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng thi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi l age i n the Welsh mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball cky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket . However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce ar e som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on m y car:39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our cit y. Thi s i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent i on t o our st r et si gns. This not e is onl y a remi nder .39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr es. She m ust be at least t hi rt yf i ve years ol d. I n spi t e of t his, she of ten appear s on t he st age as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s tim e, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and l ong bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear short socks and a br i ght, or ange col our ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, thank you, 39。 I answered, 39。but I can39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。t got my bag.39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。I 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 he said 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of t