【正文】 e manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。Everyone39。s losing money these days,39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I found this outside this gentleman39。s room39。 she said. 39。Well,39。 I said to the manager, 39。there is still some honesty in this world !39。lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me。 I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 39。I am a foreigner,39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 39。You39。ll soon learn English!39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。t understand them ! Do they speak English ?lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術評論家I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pictures arc not 39。about39。 anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging this picture on the wall,39。 I answered. 39。It39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。 She looked at it critically for a moment.39。 It39。s all right,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I looked at it again. She was right! It was!Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleepingbags were warm and fortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleepingbags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with motorists. when he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn motorists to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。taxi39。 is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 39。Pilatus Porter39。. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett39。s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.Lesson30 Football or polo? 足呼瑪河口休閑旅游區(qū)可行性研究報告呼瑪縣旅游局華東師范大學旅游規(guī)劃與發(fā)展研究中心二零一零年十二月《呼瑪河口休閑旅游區(qū)可行性研究報告》委托單位：呼瑪縣旅游局編制單位：華東師范大學旅游規(guī)劃與發(fā)展研究中心（國家規(guī)劃乙級資質單位）編制組組長：馮學鋼　教授、博導編制組副組長：吳文智　博士編制組成員：張文建教授　王遠飛副教授　符全勝副教授 邱扶東副教授 張帆副教授呂妍沁碩士 袁 敏 胡瑞明 姚 臘 黃 妍 張 睿the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions.Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。Do you speak English?39。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself!Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when. I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had e. 39。Mr. Harmsworth,39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。Don39。t interrupt,39。 he Said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra amp。100 a year!Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求I