【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 39。m hangi ng this pi cture on the wal ,39。 I a nswer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it icaly for a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r ight, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood sm elt good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , t hey told st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some t im e lat er i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so t hey al l slept soundly. I n the m iddle of t he ni ght, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f or med i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f iel d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns home at night , he al ways f inds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Becaus e of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car int o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn mot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t urned to st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new service. The 39。t axi 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。Pil atus Port er39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi r mingham t o a l onely vil age in t he Wel sh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Captain Fawcet has f lown passenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occ asi on, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange r equest fr om a businesman. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Le sson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my hom e. I l ike sit ting by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e people rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren 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 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 hi m so har d t hat he near l y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi l dr en, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al l r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chi l dr en 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 af t er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el l i ng m e about hi s exper i ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat t i m e he used t o gar den i s l arger than Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike 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 l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。I t39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 I looked at m y watch. It wa s t rue. The bi g clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不 適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by my grandfat her many years ago. Re centl y 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 al owed 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 est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a lawyer39。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 always bor r ows money fr om h