【正文】 . This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett39。but isn39。m hanging this picture on the wall,39。t understand them ! Do they speak English ? lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 39。there is still some honesty in this world !39。s losing money these days,39。s office and sat down. I had just lost amp。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Erna39。Pilatus Porter39。 she said, 39。 I39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。 I said to the manager, 39。Everyone39。. Workers will have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country. Lesson38 Everything except the weather 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to plain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it wasfive months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hotel manager39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o39。 is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 39。s all right,39。 she asked. 39。ll soon learn English!39。Well,39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hotel manager39。Everyone39。 I said to the manager, 39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。 I39。 she said, 39。Pilatus Porter39。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Erna39。s office and sat down. I had just lost amp。s losing money these days,39。there is still some honesty in this world !39。t understand them ! Do they speak English ? lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 39。m hanging this picture on the wall,39。but isn39。. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett39。s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna39。50 and I felt very upset.39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained amp。 lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me。about39。 I answered. 39。t it upsidedown ?39。s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren39。Pilatus Porter39。 she said, 39。 I39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。 I said to the manager, 39。Everyone39。. Workers will have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have