【正文】 d me, but he spoke neit her sl owly nor clearl y. 39。Wel l,39。 5o. 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。 I l ef t t he m oney i n m y room ,39。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hi ng. I39。 m y fr i ends say.39。s perf orm ance. 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri sing t hi ng about it , however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motori sts t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。but isn39。 She looked at i t cri ti cal y f or a moment. 39。m hanging t hi s pictur e on t he wal l, 39。 anyt hi ng. They are just pr ety pat ter ns. We like t hem i n the same way t hat we li ke pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hink t hat young chi ldren of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice mor e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto m y room yest er day. 39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 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 ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not under st and him. 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 underst ood i t. 39。t here i s st il l some honesty i n thi s worl d ! 39。s r oom39。s l osi ng money these days,39。and i t39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s a waste of ti me.39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor ry m e. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。t any i n sight: t hey had al l run away! The man laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chi ldren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Lesson31 Success stor he gi r l sai d, 39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af ter noon, t he boys put up t hei r tent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. It was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f i el d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi t e i s one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h m ot ori st s. when he r et ur ns home at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has parked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al l ri ght ,39。I t39。 she asked. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。 I r epeat ed m y quest ion sever al t im es and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her sl owly nor clearl y. 39。Wel l,39。 5o. 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。 I l ef t t he m oney i n m y room ,39。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hi ng. I39。 m y fr i ends say.39。s perf orm ance. 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。You m ust gi ve up f i shi ng!39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。s not there now.39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o plai n about t hi s wi cked worl d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 she sai d. 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i 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 way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but very cl earl y as wel . The por t er , however, coul d not under st and m e。You39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I t39。t i t upsi de down ?39。t axi 39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngha m to a l onel y vil l age i n t he Wel sh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efus ed a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot