【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s f ull 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 heavi ly and t hey f ound t hat a st r eam had form ed i n t he f iel d. The str eam wound it s way across the f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi t e i s one of those rar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nc e he m oved i n, he has had t r ouble wi t h mot or ists. when he r et ur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat someone has par ked a car outs ide hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。taxi 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。Pil atus Port er 39。. This wonder ful pla ne can car ry seven passengers. The most surpr ising bel ong t o 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 at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epa ir ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money fr om his fr iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。 2. To my surpri se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you, 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。so now you can pay f or my di nner! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port smout h t omorr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in t he m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l is a famous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At l ant ic many t im es. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part i n an impor tant race acr oss t he At lantic. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual, the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep or de r. It i s always the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a smal vil lage in t he sout h 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 sai 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 al . 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。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Le son 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ford to pay such large salar ies. Twent y people had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。Mr . Harm swor th, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。Don39。t int er r upt ,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a tr af ic pol i cem an wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky if he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at tention to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a rem inder .39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecolour ed dres. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up! 39。 l esson18 He oft en d