【正文】 y car ef ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however, coul d not under st and m e。 she sai d. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s des k. It cont ained amp。s not t her e now. 39。 50 and I f elt ver y upset.39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。and it 39。s l osi ng money t hese days,39。s r oom 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke t hat! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he sai d somet hi ng a nd I under st ood i t. 39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat t er ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e m odern pi ct ur es bet er t han anyone else. The y noti ce m or e. My si st er is onl y seven, but she al ways t el s m e whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y r oom yest er da y. 39。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 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 ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng 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 Fawcet t39。 gave39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he long di st ance t o England. Er na ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r e cei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 I said, 39。Eve r yone39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。I am a for eigner ,39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。about39。 I 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 she sai d, 39。 No Par king39。Pi l at us Por ter39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tem pt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef ore especial ly i n l ar ge shops. A detective r ecent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went into a large st or e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there were f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman came in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, the detective f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gi r l39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 I l eft t he m oney i n m y r oom,39。 The m anager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。5o. 39。Wel, 39。 I r epeat ed m y questi on sever al t im es and at last he underst ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owly nor clearl y. 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 she asked. 39。I