【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car efull y, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, coul d not under stand me。 I r epeat ed my quest i on sever al tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。I am a f or eigner,39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。You39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 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 m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pi ct ur e i s 39。about39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he same way t hat 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 tel s me whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She came i nt o m y r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hangi ng t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical l y f or a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r i ght, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af t er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n the mi ddle of a f iel d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , t hey t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p f ir e. But som e ti me l ater it began t o r ain. The boys f elt ti r ed so t hey pet out t he f ir e and crept i nt o their t ent. Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he mi ddl e 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 sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that 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 fi el d and t hen f lowed r ight under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 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 m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi t h m otori st s. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par king39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, 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 ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he tol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t urn m otori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi 39。 i s a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。Pi lat us Port er39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng thi ng about it, however, i s t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet 39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y island i n t he At l anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet di d not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on t he r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pas si ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st r uck him so hard t hat he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dr en, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti m e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al wor k shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven h