【正文】 I t 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。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。cl ock in t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een year s ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er and many people f el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。 she said, 39。 he said. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each ot her , but I don39。Ever yone39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Short ly af ter wards, t he police stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She is going to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s al l r ight ,39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 The m anager was s ympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。Everyone39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。 she said, 39。cl ock in the mor ni ng. Er na is onl y four teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swim mer and many people feel t hat she is sur e to succeed. Erna39。s l osi ng money these days,39。t under stand them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù) 評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。but isn39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o take short r es ts every two hour s. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 I sai d, 39。I am a for ei gner ,39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人 講 的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 50 and I f elt very upset.39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recogni ze. Short ly af terwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar ested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t omorr ow. She is going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。s al r ight, 39。l l soon lear n Engli sh! 39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able to explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a r ock and t he gi r l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam to the shor e aft er spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, the gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she found her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was tol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil l age f our hundred mi l es away. It is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf ord St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ng car . One of them was car rying a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove the bus str aight at t he thieves. The one wi th t he money got such a f ri ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t rying to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi le t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。 I t39。You39。s not there now. 39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。but isn39。s f at her wi l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained his daughter for year s. Tom or r ow he wi l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Erna i ntends to t ake short r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t con