【正文】 f the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。s. Bil l works harde r than Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im mediately. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal m et him at the harbour ear ly i n the morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous l i t t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captain Ali son wi l l set out at eight o39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G od news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He told me that the f ir m coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 If you r eceive a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act ress. She m ust be at least thi rt yf ive year s old. I n spi te of t his, she of ten appears on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wi l have to take par t in a new play soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a br ight, orangecoloured dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。Im sor ry, we39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a m an hur ri ed to the t icket of fi ce. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor ry m e. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whol e m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。s a waste of t ime.39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。and i t39。s l osing money t hese days, 39。s r oom 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under st and him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that! The por ter and I looked at ea ch other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood it. 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We l ike t hem i n the same way t hat we like pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chil dren of ten appreciate moder n pictur es bet ter than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nt o my room yester day. 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.39。but isn39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. I t i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was 1 XX鄉(xiāng)萬畝中低產(chǎn)田改造 項目可行性研究報告 第一章 項目概要 項目背景 XX 鄉(xiāng)是以農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)為主的鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)，近幾年來，由于田間灌排工程不配套，農(nóng)田灌溉周期長，影響種植結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)整和糧棉產(chǎn)量的提高。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, 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 wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonderf ul meal , they t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e ti me l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t tir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o the ir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。s al l ri ght ,39。I t 39。 she asked. 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。l l soon learn Engl ish! 39。 I repeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neither slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。Wel ,39。 5o. 39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hing. 39。 I lef t he money in my r oom,39。t r eali ze on