【正文】 ve o39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the 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 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。Ever yone39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and e ach other, but I don39。 I 39。 she sai d, 39。Pi l at us Por ter39。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。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。s l osi ng money t hese days,39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !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。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。but i sn39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 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. They 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 day. 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 and I under st ood i t. 39。s r oom 39。and it 39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。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。 No Par king39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。about39。I am a for eigner ,39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 I said, 39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dre n and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o work i n a smal s hop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of his own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used t o m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he r em em ber ed his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door ope ned and his wi f e cam e in. She want ed him t o repair t hei r son39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open fi r e. They were al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t ol d st or i es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t im e lat er i t began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n the mi ddle 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 sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat 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 f i el d and t hen f lowed r ight under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper