【正文】 Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght, he always fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been able 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 cour se, 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 st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。Wel ,39。5o. 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。Ol ym pi c Ci t y39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ting for her on t he Engli sh coast . Among t hem wi l be Erna39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l jumped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whole night i n the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she cover ed a di stance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggled up t he cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remember ed. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He i s f indi ng hi s new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf or d St reet re cent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str ai ght at t he thi eves. The one wi t h t he money got such a fr ight that he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e tr ying t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove his bus int o the back of it . Whil e the bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned the pol ice. The t hieves39。s f ir st pasenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a lonely vi l a ge i n t he Welsh mount ai ns. Since t hen, Captain Fawcet has fl own passenger s to m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l r iver that cut s acr oss the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr e n kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Some people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t her e we r en39。taxi39。t i t upside down ?39。 I t39。 I answered. 39。 What are you doing ?39。about 39。You39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 she said. 39。 he said. He star ted to pl ain about t his wi cked worl d but wa s i nter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。s not t her e now.39。50 and I f elt very upset .39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。and i t39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。s room39。ther e is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke 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 最佳美術評論家 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 always tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter 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 of ten appreciat e moder n p