【正文】 i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。I t m ay have begun al r eady, 39。 I as ked. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s per f or mance. 39。 m y fr iends say.39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hi ng. I39。 I l eft t he m oney i n m y r oom,39。 The m anager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。 5o. 39。Wel ,39。 I repeat ed m y quest i on sever al t im es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 she asked. 39。I t39。s al r i ght, 39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, 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 m eal over an open fi r e. They wer e al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t old st or i es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t im e lat er it began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so t hey pet out t he f ir e and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundl y. I n t he m iddle of t he ni ght, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. I t was r aining heavil y 。but isn39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。m hangi ng this pi ct ur e on the wal ,39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pr et t y pat ter ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he same way t hat we li ke pr et y curt ai n mat er ial. I t hi nk t hat young chi ldr en of t en appr eciat e m oder n pi ct ur es bet t er t han anyone el se. They not i ce m ore. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whet her m y pi ct ur es are good or not . She cam e int o m y r oom yest erday. 39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey underst 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 hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke t hat ! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I understood i t. 39。t her e is st il some honest y i n thi s worl d !39。s r oom39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days,39。and it 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s a wast e of tim e.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng i s m y favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor r y me. Som e fi sherm en are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boot s and r ubbish. I am even less l ucky. I never catch a nyt hi ng not even ol d boots. Aft er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on the r iver, I al ways go home wit h an em pty bag. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just hen, a m an hur ri ed t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off i ce. 39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。m ver y sor ry,39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ibl e to be gr own up!39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a amp。Mr. Harm swort h, 39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal see hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye to him . He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y pr oud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i m port ant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ri vi ng her e tom or row. They wil l be ing by t r ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st at i on. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。I have never bor rowe d any m oney f rom you,39。 I looked at m y watch. It was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year . At that m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musi cal i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many i n 1681. Our cl avichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any year s ago. Recentl y i t was dam aged by a vi si tor. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not al l owed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s gar den i s m or e i nt er est i ng. He has made neat paths and has buil t a wooden bri dge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l i ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er f or the gar den peti i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。The Nicest Gar den Com pet it i on39。t it upsi dedown ?39。 It 39。 I answer ed. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about39。You39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri 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 wa y t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por t er , however, c oul d not under st and m e。 she sai d. 39。 he sai d. He start ed t o pl ai n about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he do