【正文】 r year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She want ed him t o r epair t hei r son39。 he Said. Then he s mi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。m very sor ry,39。 Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。s a waste of t ime. 39。s r oom39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my r oom yest er day. 39。 signs out side his gate, but these have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。but isn39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e i s 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t . I of ten f ish for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men are unlucky. I nstead of c atching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I always go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。m sor ry, we39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。Mr . Harmswor th, 39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 she asked. 39。Wel l, 39。t r eal ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I 39。 he asked. 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。t i nt er upt ,39。I 39。What a pi ty!39。 It 39。I f ound t hi s outsi de t his gent l em an39。about39。 No Par ki ng39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot els, an i mm ense stadium, and a had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I s ai d good mor ni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at all . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。Yes, t hank you,39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。s not ther e now. 39。You39。 I t39。Pi latus Port er39。 I39。 I said to t he manager, 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determined to st ay her e . Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten mont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o ea ch ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . 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 many large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。Cer t ai nly,39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 I f you recei ve a request l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty