【正文】 nderstand modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en oft en appreciat e moder n pi ct ures beter t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。m hanging t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。but i sn39。 signs out side his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet t39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every time. Bi l Fr it h39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s ti me, they wi l gi ve f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult t im e. They wil l be t r yi ng t o keep or der. I t i s always the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he 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 i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, very slowl y, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。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 l ucky 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 s ometi mes very poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on my car :39。 leson18 He of ten does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 he sai d 39。 I said. 39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。ve sold out ,39。Can I r eturn these two t ickets?39。Coul d I have those two t ickets please ?39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。You m ust give up f i shing! 39。 But they don39。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。s not there now. 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl。Ever yone39。 I said, 39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shing. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away fr om t hei r homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of money t o go away, but I am deter mined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gir ls wr it e to each other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of f ice. Let ters wi l cost a li t1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f aster . Lesson23 A new house 新 居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She l i ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l eter , she said t hat she would e to England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se . We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the countr y. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t . The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house ha s many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the 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 hotel manager 39。 I t39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。Cer tainly, 39。Cer tainl y, 39。What a pit y!39。I 39。 Susan answered. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已 售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jen