【正文】 he s poke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。t understand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They a lways tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. W e 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 of ten appreciat e moder n pict ur e s bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。but i sn39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l turn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been turned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車(chē)！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。. This wonderf ul plane can car y seven passenger s. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。巴頓斯 I have just mov d to a house in Bridg Street. Yesterday a begg r knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In ret rn for this, the beggar stood on his head and s ng songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went w y. Later a eighbour told me about him. Everyb y knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in t e street o ce a month and always asks for a me l and a glass of beer. Lesso 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late a d d tectives w re w iting at the airport all morning. Th y were expecting a valuable parcel of diam d from South Africa. A few hours earli r, someone had told the police that thieves ould try to ste l the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were wai ing on the airfield. Two en took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives ere keepi guard at th oor, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel wa full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders as the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。s. Bill w rks harder than Jo and grows more flowers and veget bles, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har r y St eel e cam e i n. Har r y worked i n a lawyer39。 Har y said, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng this time, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual , t he police wi l have a dif fi cult ti me. They wi l l be t ryi ng to keep or der . I t is al ways t he same on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Af ter I had lef t a smal l vi l age in t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I said good m or ning t o him in French and he repli ed in t he same language. Apar t fr om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y reached the town, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wi t hout a t icket . However , this does not always happen. Traf fi c pol ice ar e somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday in Sweden, I found thi s note on m y car :39。 leson18 He of ten does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l 。 I f you rec eive a r equest l ike t his, you cannot f ail to obey i t! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east thi rt y fi ve year s old. In spi te of thi s, she oft en appears on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have to t ake par t in a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wil l be a gir l of sevent en. In the play, she m ust appear in a bri ght r ed dres and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answer s, 39。t i nter upt, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se m e. I f elt very nervous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness wa s ver y bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af for d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmout h t om or r ow. We shal l meet hi m at the har bour earl y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm a