【正文】 beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Work on it had begun bef ore my si t er lef t. The house was plet ed f ive m onths ago. In my let ter, I told her t hat she could stay wit h us. The house has many large room s and t here is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks st range t o some people. It m ust be the only m odern house in t he dist rict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el m anager39。 It39。I might as wel have t hem, 39。s f irst pasenger was a doct or who f lew from Birmingham t o a lonely vilage in t he Welsh m ount ains. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet t has flown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on t he roof of a block of flat s and on another occasion, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has j ust ref used a strange request from a businessman. The m an wanted to fly t o Rockal, a lonely island in t he Atlant ic Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet t did not t ake him because the trip was t o danger ous. Leson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a sm al river that cuts acros the park near m y home. I like sit ting by t he Wayle on fine aft ernoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Som e children were playing gam es on t he bank and t here were som e people rowing on t he river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a bal very hard and it went towards a passing boat . Some people on t he bank caled out to the man in t he boat, but he di not hear t hem. The bal struck him so hard t hat he nearly f el int o t he wat er. I t urned to look at t he children, but there weren39。t axi39。t it upsidedown ?39。 It 39。 I answered. 39。 What are you doing ?39。about 39。You39。 lesson25 D o the Engl i sh speak Engl i sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I arrived in London at last. The railway stat ion was big, black and dark. I did not know t he way to my hot el, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefuly, but very clearly as wel. The porter, however, could not underst and me。 she said. 39。 he said. He st art ed t o plain about t his wicked world but was interrupt ed by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained amp。s not there now. 39。50 and I f elt very upset .39。 But they don39。You must give up fishing! 39。but t hey are for next Wednesday39。s performance. 39。 my friends say.39。t realize one im port ant thing. I39。 I lef t t he m oney in my room, 39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do nothing. 39。5o. 39。Wel, 39。 I repeated my question several tim es and at last he understood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowly nor clearly. 39。l soon learn English! 39。. Of course, m any pictures arc not 39。 she asked. 39。It 39。s al right , 39。 I looked at it again. She was right ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, the boys put up their tent in t he middle of a field. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ire. They were al hungry and t he f od sm elt good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal, t hey told stories and sang songs by the cam p f ire. But some tim e later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they pet out t he f ire and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and fortable, so t hey al slept soundly. In t he middle of t he night , two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was ful of wat er! They al leapt out of their sleepingbags and hurried out side. It was raining heavily and t hey found t hat a st ream had f orm ed in the field. The stream wound it s way across the field and then f lowed right under t heir t ent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose rare people who believes in ancient m yths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h m otorist s. when he returns home at night , he always f inds t hat som eone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of this, he has not been able t o get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 is a smal Swiss aeroplane caled a 39。t any in sight : they had al run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He caled out to the children and t hrew t he bal back to the bank. Lesson31 Success stor he girl said, 39。 I said sadly. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing is my f avourit e sport . I of ten f ish for hours wit hout cat ching anyt hing. But this does not worry m e. Some f isherm en are unlucky. Inst ead of cat ching f ish, t hey cat ch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never cat ch anythingnot even old boots. Aft er having spent whole mornings on t he river, I always go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。s a wast e of t ime. 39。s of fice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。and it 39。s losing money these days, 39。s room 39。there is stil som e honesty in t his world ! 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not underst and him. My t eacher never spoke English like t hat! The port er and I looked at each ot her and smiled. Then he said som ething and I underst ood it . 39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I paint a lot of pict ures. Many people pret end that t hey underst and modern art . They always tel you what a pict ure is 39。 anything. They are just pret ty pat terns. We like them in the sam e way t hat we like pret y curtain mat erial. I t hink t hat young children oft en appreciat e m odern pictures bet er than anyone else. They not ice m ore. M y sister is only seven, but she always t els me whether my pictures are good or not . She cam e int o my room yest erday. 39。m hanging this pict ure on the wal, 39。 She looked at it crit icaly f or a m oment. 39。but isn39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it w