【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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(píng)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 later 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 t hei r t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e war m and f or t abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i 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 l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur r i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a st r eam had f or m ed i n t he f i el d. The been abr oad bef or e, so he i s f inding t his t ri p ver y exci ti 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new ga rage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t elephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m . 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 plane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l morning. They were expect ing a val uable par 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 det ecti 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 men took t he pa r cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others ope ned 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 Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every time. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a woode n br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge