【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 her, but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak English ? leson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they under st and modern art . They always t el l you what a pi ct ur e i s 39。about39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。about39。 anything. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we like prety curtain materi al . I t hi nk t hat young chi ldren often appreciate modern pictures bet er t han anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sist er i s only seven, but she always tel s me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。 I answer ed. 39。It 39。s a new one. Do you l ike it ?39。 She looked at i t cri ti caly f or a moment .39。 It39。s al r ight ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t i t upsi dedown ?39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight ! I t was! Leson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the afternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middle of a f ield. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. 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 pet out the fir e and crept int o thei r t ent. Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e war m and fortable, so they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddle of the ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was f ull of water! They al l leapt out of their sl epi ng bags and hurr ied out side. I t was raining heavily and they f ound that a st ream had for med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the fi eld and then f lowed r ight under thei r t ent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose rare people who beli eves i n anci ent myths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wit h mot orists. when he r et ur ns home at night , he al ways fi nds that someone has parked a car outsi de his gate. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outside his gate, but these have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. 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 i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l l t ur n m ot or i st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi 39。 i s a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal l ed a 39。Pi l at us Por t er 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pr i si ng Per cy Butt ons. He cal ls at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late and detect ives were wait ng at the ai rpor t al morning. They were expect ing a valuabl e parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours ear lier, someone had t ol d the pol ice t hat thieves woul d try t o st eal t he diamonds. When the pl ane ari ved, some of the det ecti ves wer e wai ting insi de t he main buildi ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on the airf ield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and car ied it into the Customs House. Whil e two det ecti ves wer e keeping guard at the door, two other s opened the parcel . To t heir sur pr ise, the preci ous par cel was full of stones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our town. Nearly ever ybody enters for 39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y time. Bil Fri th39。s garden is larger t han Joe39。s. Bil l wor ks harder t han Joe and grows more fl owers and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den is more inter esting. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden bridge over a pool . I li ke gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den peti ion too, and I always win a l it tle pri ze f or the 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 the last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e 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 t wo minutes past twelve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。 I looked at my watch. It was true. The bi g cl ock refused t o wel e the New Year. At hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal instr ument. It is cal led a cl avichor d( 翼琴 ) . It was made i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he l iving room. I t has belong to our famil y for a long t ime. The inst rument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by avi si tor. She t ried to play jazz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the stri ngs were broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed to touch i t. It is bei ng r epair 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 his f ri ends and never pays it back. Hary saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never bor rowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to l end me amp。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mm