【正文】 left . Som et im es I t hi nk t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasi ng pl ane. I have been of fer ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obabl y ri ght. Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dream ed of recei ving a l et er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m ont hs l at er , she r ecei ved a l et er f r om a gir l i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e to each other r egularl y now. However , t hey have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t 1e m or e, but t hey wil cert ainl y tr avel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si st er yest er day. She li ves i n Ni ger i a. I n her l et t er , she sai d t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beaut if ul new house i n t he count r y. Work on i t had begun bef or e my si st er l eft. The house was pl eted f ive m ont hs ago. In m y l et ter, I t ol d her t hat she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any l ar ge r oom s and there i s a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n the di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could 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 l ost amp。 50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I left t he money i n m y r oom, 39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sym pat het i c, but he coul d do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s l osing m oney t hese days,39。 he said. He start ed t o pl ain about t his wi cked worl d but was i nter upted by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contai ned amp。 5o. 39。I f ound thi s out si de thi s gentl em an39。s r oom39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。t her e is s ti l som e honest y i n t his wor l d !39。 lesson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved i n London at last . The r ai l way st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I di d not know t he way to m y hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however, coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。I am a f or eigner,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl i sh l i ke t hat ! The por t er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon l ear n 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 ot her, but I don39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey underst and m oder n ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ctur es ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way that we li ke pr et y curt ai n m at eri al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o my r oom yester day. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng thi s pi ctur e 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 y f or a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r i ght, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungry and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n t he mi ddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had t roubl e wi t h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car out side his gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par king39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ec t. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil t ur n m otori sts t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。t axi39。 i