【正文】 er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came i nto m y r oom yest er day. 39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli 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 pict ur es. Many peopl e pr et end that hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。t her e i s st il l som e honest y i n t hi s worl d !39。s r oom39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。and it39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。s a waste 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 ish f or hour s wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isher m en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng f ish, t hey cat ch ol d 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 ter havi ng spent whole m or ni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an em pt y bag. 39。You m ust gi ve up fi s hi ng! 39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。s not t here now.39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o plai n about t hi s wicked worl d but was int er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gi r l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 she sai d. 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i ved 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 m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, coul d not under st and me。You39。about39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It39。t it upsi de down ?39。t axi39。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 t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and i n t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him be cause t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he 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 t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t here wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n the boat , but he di d not hear t hem. 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。 her m ot her a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or 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 evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et ter fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st ati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t is now bei ng sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft ee n ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet re cent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str aight at t he t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove his bus i nt o t he back of i t. Whi l e t he bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。Ol ympic Ci ty39。 m y fr iends say. 39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。 I l eft t he money in m y room, 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, bu