【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 for ei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng 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 fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e i s 39。about 39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial. I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of t en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet t er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whethe r m y pi ct ur es are good or not . She cam e int o m y r oom yest erday. 39。 What ar e 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 cri ti cal l y for a m om ent. 39。 It39。s al r ight,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t i t 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 i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddle of a f i el 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 f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal, t hey t ol d st ori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e t im e l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out t he f i re and cr ept i nt o t heir 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 shout i ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. I t was r ai ni ng heavi ly and t hey found t hat a st r eam had form ed i n t he fi el d. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s one of t hose r are peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he ci t y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t r oubl e wit h mot or ists. when he r et ur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways fi nds that som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parki ng39。 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 i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n mot or ists t o st one. But none of t hem has been tur ned t o st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi 39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。Pi lat us Por t er 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most surpr ising t hi ng about i t , however , i s t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl o ughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t 39。s f i r st passenger was a doct or who f l ew f r om Bi r m i ngham t o a l onel y vi l l age i n t he Wel sh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of f l at s and on anot her occasi on, 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 nessm an. Th e m an want ed t o f l y t o Rockal l , a l onel y i sl and i n t he At l ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because t he t r i p was t o o danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足 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(shí)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 pa r 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 m en 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 t i m e. Bil l Fri th39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。 t ime. Fif teen mi