【導(dǎo)讀】他經(jīng)常干這種。事！AsIwaslookingforit,theinn-keepercamein.'Didyouhaveagoodmeal?'heasked.'Yes,thankyou,'Ianswered,'butIcan'tpaythebil.Ihaven'tgotmybag.'Theinn-keepersmiledandimmediatelywentout.Inafewminuteshereturnedwithmybagandgaveitbacktome.'I'mverysorry,'hesaid'Mydoghadtakenitintothegarden.Heoftendoesthis.'Leson19Soldout票已售完'Theplaymaybeginatanymoment,'Isaid.'Itmayhavebegunalready,'Susananswered.'Ihurriedtotheticket-office.'MayIhavetwoticketsplease?'Iasked.'I'msorry,we'vesoldout,'thegirlsaid.'Whatapity!'Susanexclaimed.Justthen,amanhurriedtotheticket-office.'CanIreturnthesetwotickets?

　　

【正文】 egun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has many large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。50 and I f el t ver y upset. 39。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。 I said, 39。and i t39。s not ther e now. 39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。5o. 39。I found t his outside t his gentleman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said to t he manager, 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n thi s worl d ! 39。 l esson25 Do t he English speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ati on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I did not know t he way t o my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The por ter , however, could not under st and me。 I r epeated my quest ion sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。I am a f oreigner, 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter a nd 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 f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and 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)評論家 I am an ar t st udent 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, m any 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 that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She looked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m oment.39。 I t39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonderf ul meal , they tol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e ti me l at e r it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so they pet out t he fi re and cr ept int o thei r t ent. Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e war m and f or table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddle of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wate r! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl epi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. It was r aining heavil y and they found t hat a str eam had f or med i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f ield and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h m ot or i st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parki ng39。 signs out side his gate, but these have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。t axi 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。Pi latus Port er39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr ising thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in t he Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request fr om a busi nessm an. The man want ed to f ly to Rockal, a l onel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o the