【正文】 ut the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al ri ght,39。I t39。 she asked. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。Wel l,39。5o. 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s per for mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun al ready, 39。 My dog had taken it int o the gar den. He of ten does t his.39。t got my bag.39。Yes, thank you, 39。 lesson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you park your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a t icket. However, thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes very poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on my car :39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s t im e, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he pol i ce wi l have a di f fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying t o keep order. I t is always t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vi lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good morni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neither of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。di nner !39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Don39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r eminder .39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he inn keeper came i n. 39。 I ans wer ed, 39。 The inn keeper smi led and i mmediatel y went out . I n a f ew m inutes he r et urned wi th m y bag and gave i t back to me. 39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I 39。What a pi ty! 39。Cer tai nl y,39。Cer tainl y, 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。 It 39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, J ane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 I said, 39。Ever yone39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。I am a for eigner ,39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。about39。 I 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 she sai d, 39。 No Par king39。Pi l at us Por ter39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping