【導(dǎo)讀】Theclockhasstopped!你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？

　　

【正文】 opl anes ar e sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t could not be used then. Last year, however , it came i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l ef t . Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am deter mined t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t int o a bott le. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e to each ot her r egular ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wi l l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y sister yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et er , she said t hat she would e to England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the countr y. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t . The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In my let ter, I t ol d her t hat she could stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovely garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It must be the only moder n house i n t he di str ict. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 50 and I f elt very upset.39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。 I sai d, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。Everyone39。s losing money t hese days, 39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。 5o. 39。I f ound thi s out si de thi s gent leman39。s r oom39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ver y clear ly as wel l. The port er, however , coul d not under stand m e。 I r epeated m y 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 said. 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 sm iled. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon le arn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st 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 peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand modern ar t. They always tel 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 pr et 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 more. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls me whether my pict ur es are good or not . She cam e int o my r oom yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng this pi cture on the wal ,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical ly for a mom 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 el t 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 ime later 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 they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddl e of the night , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! 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. Because 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. Ja sper hopes that she wi l t urn mot ori st