【導(dǎo)讀】Theclockhasstopped!你會講英語嗎？

　　

【正文】 e 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 ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I l ef t the money i n my room,39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The manager 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 t ed to pl ai n about t his wi cked wor ld but was i nter upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s des k. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound t his outside t his gentl em an39。s room39。 she said. 39。Wel ,39。 I said to t he manager , 39。t here is sti l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ 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 my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English ver y car efull y, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, could not under st and me。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。I am a f oreigner, 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent l anguage. The English understand each ot her , but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。about39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。about 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We l ike t hem i n the same way t hat we like pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chil dren of ten appreciate m oder n pictur es bet ter than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nt o my room yester da y. 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。 I answered. 39。It 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.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! Lesson27 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 f i el d. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began t o r ain. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi r e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the m iddle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he r etur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of this, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was 1 湖北工程機(jī)械產(chǎn)銷基地建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 可行性研究報(bào)告 gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it ion t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t we nt y m i nut es39。 t im e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inute hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wait ed, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。I t39。s t wo m inut es past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 I l ooke d at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock r efused to wel e t he New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr um ent . It i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n the li vi ng room. It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a long ti me. The i nstr um ent was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str ings wer e br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St eel e cam e in. Har y wor ked