【正文】 just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be c al led 39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o take short r es ts every two hour s. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 gave39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpri sing t hi ng about i t, however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 signs outside his gate, but these have not ha d any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old 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 t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。but isn39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y for a m om ent .39。m hangi ng thi s pi cture on the wal l,39。 anything. They are j ust pret ty pat erns. We l ike t hem in the sam e way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al. I thi nk that young chil dr en oft en appr eci ate modern pi ctur es bet er than anyone else. They noti ce more. My si ster is only seven, but she al ways t el s me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my room yesterday. 39。t under stand 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。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke that! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。s r oom39。s l osi ng money these days,39。and it 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 ti me. As a great many people wil l be vi sit ng t he countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an i m m ense st adi um , and a f i ne new swi m m i ng pool . 39。cl ock in the mor ni ng. Er na is onl y four teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swim mer and many people feel t hat she is sur e to succeed. Erna39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal i s greater than ever bef ore especial y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge st or e on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came in, so it was easi er f or the detective t o wat ch her . The woman fi rst bought a f ew smal art icl es. Aft er a li t le t im e, she chose one of the most expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr aped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。Pil atus Port er 39。 No Parking39。 she said, 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 I sai d t o the manager , 39。I f ound thi s out si de thi s gentl eman39。Everyone39。 I sai d, 39。遞活 had a l et er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house i n t he di str ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。 The m anager was s ympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。 5o. 39。Wel ,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 neither slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ures arc not 39。 she asked. 39。I t 39。s al l r ight ,39。 I looked at i t again. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up t hei r tent i n t he middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , they tol d stori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some ti me lat er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t ir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o their 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 shouting. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Le sson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds th