【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my room, 39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found thi s out side thi s gent leman39。s r oom 39。 she sai d. 39。Wel l,39。 I said t o the manager, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand m e。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered 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 soon 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 they understand modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater 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 oft en appreciat e moder n pi ct ures beter t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you like i t ?39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。 It 39。s al r ight, 39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t i t upsi de 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 aft er 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 m eal over an open f ir e. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In t he mi ddl e of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car outs ide hi s gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parki ng39。 signs out side his gate, but t hese 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 ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d 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。t axi 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。Pi latus Port er39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet t39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet t has just ref used a str ange request fr om a businessman. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al l r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke si t t i ng by t he Wayl e on f i ne af t er noons. I t was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank een abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is only fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, a pi geo