【正文】 。s al r i ght, 39。 she asked. 39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。Wel, 39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na is onl y fourt een years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d recor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any peopl e f eel t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。Pi lat us Port er39。 she said, 39。 I39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 I r epeat ed my quest i on sever al tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures ar c not 39。I t39。 I l oked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af t er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n the mi ddle of a f iel d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , t hey t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p f ir e. But som e ti me l ater it began t o r ain. The boys f elt ti r ed so t hey pet out t he f ir e and crept i nt o their t ent. Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he 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 water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f lowed r ight under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi t h m otori st s. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gat e. Because of thi s, he ha s not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti m e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al wor k shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi l ed when he remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r t heir son39。s m other, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The O l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。 lesson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived 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 onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car efull y, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, coul d not under stand me。about39。 I answer ed. 39。t it upsi de down ?39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y island i n t he At l anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet di d not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f i 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 playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on t he r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pas si ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st r uck him so hard t hat he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dr en, but t her e wer en39。s s chool f ri ends wi l be wait i ng for her on t he Engli sh coast . Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。t under st and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under stand m oder n ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。m hangi ng t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。but isn39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng thi ng about it, however, i s t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet 39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ec t. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he tol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t urn m otori st s t o st one.