【導(dǎo)讀】Theclockhasstopped!你會講英語嗎？Lesson15Good

　　

【正文】 nd Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et er f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te to each other regularl y now. Howe ver , they have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l eter f rom my si st er yesterday. She l ives in Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my l et er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el manager39。s of f ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I lef t he money in my r oom ,39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sympat hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。Everyone39。s losing money t hese days,39。 he said. He start ed to pl ain about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。t here i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。 l esson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway 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 only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull 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 several t imes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。I am a f or eigner, 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke English l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smil ed. Then he sai d somet hing 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 di f er ent l angua ge. The Engli sh under st and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student 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, many pi ct ures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hi ng. They are just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way t hat we li ke pr et y curt ai n mater ial. I t hink t hat young chi ldren of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my room yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging t hi s 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 y f or a moment. 39。 I t39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t i t upside down ?39。 I looked at it agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in the mi ddl e of a f ield. 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 smelt 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 ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pe t out t he f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. 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 hur ri ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound that 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 retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par king39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motori sts t o st one. But none of t hem 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 isi ng 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 t39。s f ir st passe nger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the 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 roof of a block of fl ats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet t has j u