【正文】 n the same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. 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 m or 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 my r oom yest er day. 39。 She looked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。 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 iest faces I have ever se en. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。 gave39。 I said, 39。I found thi s out side thi s gent leman39。I am a f orei gner ,39。about 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I answer ed. 39。about39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的 是 英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car eful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under stand me。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 50 and I felt very upset. 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 story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Frank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our teen hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor k shop of hi s own. Dur ing t he war Frank used to m ake spare part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helper s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had bee a lar ge factory which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yeight peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r emembered his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad to success. He was st il smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came i n. She want ed him to r epai r t hei r son39。 I looked at it agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in the mi ddl e of a f ield. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was r ai ni ng 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 fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he city, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h motor ists. when he ret ur ns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。I t39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 I r epeated my questi on se veral 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。5o. 39。 I left t he money in m y r oom, 39。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 stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e fewe r peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ticl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the most expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an as ist ant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply took the par cel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat the shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。 No Parking39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。about39。I am a for ei gner ,39。I f ound t his outside t his gentl em an39。 I said, 39。 I left t he money in m y r oom, 39。5o. 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。. Of cour s e, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。I t39。 I looked at it agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in the mi ddl e of a f ield. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n th