【正文】 but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gate. It i s one of t he ugl i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that s he wi l t urn m ot ori st s 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！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。but i sn39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ctur e on t he wal l,39。 anyt hi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat er ns. We l ike t hem i n the 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 oft en appr eci ate m oder n pi ct ur es bet er than anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tell s me whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y room yester day. 39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art cri t ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways t el you what a pict ur e is 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl 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 sm il ed. Then he sai d som ethi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。t here i s st il l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。s r oom 39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days,39。and i t39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。s a wast e of t im e. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport . I of t en f i sh f or hour s wit hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi s hi ng!39。 But t hey don39。50 and I f el t ver y upset. 39。s not t her e now. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。 she said. 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar i ved i n London at l ast. 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 my hot el , so I asked a por t er . I not onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car ef ull y, but very cl ear ly as wel . The port er , however, could not under st and m e。You39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。t axi39。s fi r st pasenger was a doctor who f l ew fr om Bi rm i ngham t o a l onel y vi l age in t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has just r ef used a str ange r equest f r om a businesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l anti c Ocean, but Ca pt 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 si t i ng by the 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 l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar 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。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed befor e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and the gir l j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she f ound hersel f i n hospit al . Leson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he received a let ter fr om t he local pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked to cal at the stat ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by the pol ice, but he went to t he st ation yester day and now he i s not worr ied any mor e. At t he st ation, he was tol d by a smi li ng pol iceman that his bi cycle had been found. Five days ago, the poli cem an told hi m, the bi cycle was pi cked up in a smal l vi l age m i ght as wel have t hem ,39。 It 39。m not r eal l y i nt er est ed i n f ishing. I am onl y i nter est ed i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dr i vi ng me m ad. I li ve near an air port and pas ing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r por t was bui lt duri ng t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Somet