【正文】 sai d. 39。Wel, 39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y i n t his wor l d !39。 lesson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o my hot el , so I asked a por t er . I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car efull y, but ver y cl ear l y as wel l. The port er, however , coul d not under stand me。 I r epeat ed m y questi on several tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。I am a f or ei gner,39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he sai d somet hi ng and I under st ood i t. 39。You39。l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f erent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under stand modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur 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 t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur tai n m ateri al. I t hi nk t hat young chil dren of ten appreciate m oder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whether m y pi ct ures are 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。 I39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。 I answered. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do you l i ke i t ?39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 39。 It39。s al r ight,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he mi ddl e of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t 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 ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept i nt o t heir t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st r eam had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r ar e people who bel ieves i n ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori st s . when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outside hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly 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 m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l t ur n m ot or i st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 is a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal led a 39。Pi l at us Por t er39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s t hat it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bi rmi ngham t o a l onely vi l age i n t he Welsh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ain Fawcet ha s fl own pasenger s to m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of f l at s and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has just r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y i sland i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Som e chi ldr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went towar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o the m an i n t he boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck him so har d t hat he near l y fel i nt o t he water. I t urned t o look at the chil dr en, but t her e weren39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycl es and at that im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938