【正文】 ？ I ar ri ved i n London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul ly, but ver y cl ear l y as wel l. The port er, however , coul d not under stand me。 I r epeat ed m y quest i on several tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he s poke nei t her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a f or ei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I l ooked at each other 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 Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat t hey under st and modern ar t. They al ways t el you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur 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 t hat we li ke pr et ty curt ain m at eri al . I thi nk t hat young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e m oder n pi ctur es bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y r oom yest er day. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging t hi s pi ct ur e on t he wal l, 39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you l i ke i t ?39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 39。 It39。s al r ight,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t i t 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 i n the aft ernoon, 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 fi re. They were al hungr y and t he f ood smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or i es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t im e lat er it began t o rai n. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out t he f ir e a nd crept i nt o t hei r t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and fort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of t he ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sl eping bags and hur ri ed out side. I t was r ai ni ng heavi ly and t hey found t hat a st r eam had form ed i n t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s one of t hose r are peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he ci t y, but ever since he moved i n, he has had t r oubl e wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns hom e at ni ght, he al ways fi nds that som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parki ng39。 si gns out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gate. It i s one of t he ugl i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori 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 ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi 39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。Pi lat us Por ter39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng 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 fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has fl own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r e fused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fa wcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he park near m y home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayl e on fi ne af t er noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a passing boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal st ruck him so har d t hat he near l y f el i nto t he water. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out t o t he chil dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. It was hi s j ob t o r epair bi cycl es and at that tim e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he s