【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ed m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a for eigner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l s oon learn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he 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 appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。 I t39。s al ri ght,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t i t upside down ?39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the c amp f ir e. But some t ime later it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags 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 s omeone 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。 No Par king39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Compet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s. Bi l works harder than Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget ables, but Joe39。s garden i s more inter est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big m inute hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wai ted, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。I t39。s two m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rument. I t is cal ed a cl avichor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade in Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept in the l iving room. It has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not alowed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of my f at her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har ry St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r o