【正文】 bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 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 moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。It 39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ures arc not 39。 I r epeated my questi on several t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clearl y. 39。5o. 39。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。but i sn39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。t under stand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey underst and m oder n art. They al ways t el you what a pict ur e i s 39。t her e i s st il l som e honest y i n t hi s worl d !39。s l osi ng m oney these days, 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s m y f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor r y m e. Som e fi sherm en a re unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never catch anyt hi ng not even ol d boots. Aft er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he r i ver, I al ways go hom e wit h an em pt y bag. 39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。m not r eal y i nt erest ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erest ed i n si t i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owl y dr ivi ng m e mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r port was buil t duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t coul d not be used then. Last year, however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left . Som etim es I thi nk t his house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of fer ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm i ned t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obabl y ri ght . Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei vi ng a l et t er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m onths l at er , she r ecei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a li t 1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er , she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We are now l i vi ng i n a beauti f ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y si ster l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er , I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。Ever yone39。 I said t o t he m anager, 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each m an speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish understand each ot her , but I don39。 I39。 she sai d, 39。Pi lat us Por ter39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door . A gir l came in and put an envelope on hi s desk. I t cont ained amp。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway st ation was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and me。about 39。 I answered. 39。t i t upsidedown ?39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew f r om Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi l age i n the Welsh mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has just r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Some chi ldr en wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a pass