【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ire. They wer e al l hungr y and the food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , t hey told stori es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys felt ti red so they pe t out t he fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and for tabl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was full of wat er ! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hurri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavil y and they found t hat a str eam had formed in the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of those r ar e peopl e who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house in the ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t roubl e with motori st s. when he returns home at night, he always f inds t hat someone has par ked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car into his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 signs outsi de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been turned to stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 is a sm al Swiss aeroplane cal led a 39。Pilatus Por ter39。. Thi s wonder ful pl ane can car ry seven pasenger s. The most sur pr ising thing about i t, however, is that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f ield. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f irst pas enger was a doct or who fl ew from Bi rmi ngham to a lonel y vi lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet has f lown pase nger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet has just refused a str ange r equest from a busi nesman. The man want ed t o fly t o Rockal , a l onely island in the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是 水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver that cut s across the par k near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayle on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r iver bank as usual. Some 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 peo pl e on t he b Joe39。s gar den is more i nt er esting. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden bridge over a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d work. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den peti ion too, and I always wi n a l it tle pri ze f or t he worst garden i n the town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gat hered under t he Town Hal l clock. It woul d st rike twelve in t wenty mi nutes39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。I t39。s two minutes past twelve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I looked at my watch. I t was true. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instrument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Germany in 1681. Our cl avichor d is kept in the li vi ngr oom. It has bel ong to our family f or a l ong ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf ather many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visi tor. She t ried to play jazz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he stri ngs were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor king at abank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows money from hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Hary saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never borrowed money from me. Whil e he was eating, I asked hi m to l end me amp。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mmediately. 39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。 Har y said, 39。so now you can pay for my di nner! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charles Ali son, wil l sail fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at the harbour ear ly i n the mor ni ng. He wil be in his smal boat, Topsai is afamous li t le boat. It has sai led across t he At l ant i c many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。clock so we shal have pl enty of ti me. We shal see his boat and then we shal say goodbye to him. He wi l be away for two mont hs. We ar e very proud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i mport ant race acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, they ar e vi sit ing al l part s of the count ry. They wil be ar ri vi ng her e tomorrow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing them at the staion. Tomor row evening they wi l be singing at the Workers39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for five days. During t hi s t ime, t hey wil l