【正文】 land. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r ests every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he English coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。 ti me. As a great many peopl e wil l be visit ing t he countr y, t he gover nment wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。They wil l al so be buildi ng new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。. Worker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buildi ngs go up. We are al very excit ed and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he 廣東省 通信 產業(yè) 服務 有限公司 咨詢設計分公司 內部控制 實施細則 （ 2020） had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt 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 oom 39。 she said. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl i sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ation was bi g, bl ack and dar k. 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 under st and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clearl y. 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 Engli sh l ike t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under stood it . 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engl ish!39。 he said. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish 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 最佳美術評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ctur es. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand m odern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi cture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pi ctur es ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al. I thi nk that young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ctures bet er than anyone else. They noti ce more. My si ster is only seven, but she al ways t el s me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng this pi cture on the wal l,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at i t cr it icaly for a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r ight, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I looked at i t again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, t he boys put up their t ent i n t he middle of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , t hey tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some time lat er i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept int o the ir t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In t he mi ddl e of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. I t was r aining heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f iel d and then fl owed r ight under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper White is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r eturns home at night , he al ways f inds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t ur n mot ori st s to st one. But none of