【正文】 sai d. 39。Wel, 39。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。 lesson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英 國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The r ail way st ati on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. 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 said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l i ke t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som ethi ng and I understood it . 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f fer ent l anguage. The Engl ish understand each ot her , but I don39。t under st and them ! Do t he y speak Engli sh ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand 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 in t he sam e way t hat we li ke pr et ty curt ain m at eri al . I thi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ur es bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce m or e. My si st er is onl y 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 m y r oom yester day. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ctur e on t he wal l,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she sai d, 39。but isn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al hungr y and t he f ood smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t ol d st or ies and sang songs by the cam p f ir e. But some t im e lat er it began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or 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 wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. It was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f lowed 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 t y, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t r oubl e wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns hom e at night, he al ways f inds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gat e. Because of t his, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces 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 tur n mot or ists t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。Pil atus Port er39。. Thi s wonder f ul plane can car r y seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thi ng about i t, however, is t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n the Wel sh mountai ns. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I li ke sit i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft ernoons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n the boat , but he di d not hear them . The bal l st r uck him so har d that he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t here wer en39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal l ba ck t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about his exper i ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was his j ob t o repai r bicycles and at t hat t im e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought