【正文】 ven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my r oom yesterday. 39。 She looked at it crit ical ly f or a moment. 39。 signs out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat it was Medusa, the Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s t o st one. But none of them has been turned to st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 gave39。 I sai d, 39。I found t hi s outside this gentl eman39。I am a f or ei gner, 39。about39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I answered. 39。about39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The port er , however, could not understand me。 he said. He start ed t o plain about t hi s wicked wor ld but was inter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。t any in sight: they had al l r un away! The man laughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dr en and threw the bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success tory 成功者 的故事 Yest er day after noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal shop. It was his j ob t o repair bicycles and at hat time he used to wor k f ourt en hours a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o make spare par ts for aer oplanes. At that ime he had two hel pers. By the end of t he war, the smal workshop had bee a large fact or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smiled when he remem bered hi s hard early year s and the long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m to r epair thei r son39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up their tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they told st ories and sang songs by the camp fi re. But some ti me later i t began to r ai n. The boys f el t t i r ed so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and fort able, so t hey al l slept soundly. I n the middl e of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was full of water! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ni ng heavil y and they found that a str eam had f ormed in the fi el d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t roubl e wi th motori st s. when he returns home at night, he always f inds t hat someone has par ked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。I t39。. Of course, many pictures ar c not 39。 I r epeat ed my questi on several t imes and at last he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowly nor clear ly. 39。5o. 39。 I l ef t he money i n my room,39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and handed i t o an assi tant who wrapped it up for her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then the woman simply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。 No Parking39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。about39。I am a f or ei gner, 39。I found t hi s outside this gentl eman39。 I sai d, 39。 I l ef t he money i n my room,39。5o. 39。 I r epeat ed my questi on several t imes and at last he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowly nor clear ly. 39。. Of course, many pictures ar c not 39。I t39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up their tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they told st ories and sang songs by the camp fi re. But some ti me late r i t began to r ai n. The boys f el t t i r ed so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and fort able, so t hey al l slept soundly. I n the middl e of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was full of water! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ni ng heavil y and they found that a str eam had f ormed in the fi el d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Leson28 No