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【正文】 again, but ten mont hs l ater, she received a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post of ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f i ve m onths ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y moder n house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my room,39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found thi s out side thi s gent leman39。s r oom 39。 she sai d. 39。Wel l,39。 I said t o the manager, 39。t her e is st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英 語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a for ei gner ,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 and 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 understand 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 ure 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 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 of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom yest erday. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging this pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly for a moment .39。 It 39。s al r ight, 39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, 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 m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t be gan to rain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that someone 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 ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t ol d me that it was Medusa, the Gor 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 t 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 surpr ising t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi lage i n the Welsh mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t