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【正文】 ea. She never t hought of it again, but en m onths lat er, she r eceived a let t er f rom a gir l in Holand. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egular ly now. However, t hey have decided t o use t he post of ice. Lett ers wil cost a lit t 1e m or e, but t hey wil cer t ainly t r avel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 Ihad a let t er f rom m y sister yest erday. She lives in Niger ia. I n her let t er, she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We ar e now living in a beaut if ul new house in t he count r y. Work on it had begun bef ore m y sist er lef t . The house was plet ed five m onths ago. I n m y let t er, I t old her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge r ooms and t her e is a lovely gar den. I t is a ver y modern house, so it looks st r ange t o some people. I t must be t he only m odern house in t he dist rict . Lesson24 I t could be wor se 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hot el m anager39。s of f ice and sat down. Ihad just lost amp。50 and I f elt very upset .39。 I lef t t he m oney in m y r oom, 39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not t her e now.39。 The m anager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s losing m oney these days, 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about t his wicked wor ld but was int err upted by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ained amp。5o. 39。I f ound t his out side t his gent leman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Well, 39。 I said t o t he manager , 39。t her e is s t il som e honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 lesson25 Do t he English speak English? 英 國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar rived in London at last . The r ailway st ation was big, black and dar k. I did not know t he way t o my hot el, so I asked a por t er. Inot only spoke English very car efuly, but ver y clearly as well. The por t er , however, could not under stand me。 Ir epeated m y quest ion sever al t im es and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowly nor clear ly. 39。I am a f or eigner ,39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not under stand him . M y t eacher never spoke English like t hat ! The por t er and I looked at each ot her and smiled. Then he said somet hing and Iunder stood it . 39。You39。l soon lear n English! 39。 he said. I wonder . I n England, each m an speaks a dif fer ent lang uage. The English under st and each ot her , but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? lesson26 The best art cr it ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a lot of pict ur es. M any people pr etend t hat hey under stand moder n ar t . They always t ell you wh at a pict ur e is 39。about 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret ty pat ter ns. We like t hem in t he same way t hat we like pr et ty cur tain m ater ial. I t hink t hat young childr en of ten appr eciat e moder n pict ur es bet ter t han any one else. They not ice m or e. M y sist er is only seven, but she always t ells m e whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yester day. 39。What ar e you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。I 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal, 39。 I answer ed. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do y ou like it ?39。 She looked at it cr it icaly f or a m om ent .39。 I t 39。s al r ight , 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af t ernoon, t he boys put up t heir t ent in t he m iddle of a f ield. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t ime lat er it began t o r ain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out he f ir e and cr ept int o t heir t ent. Their sleeping bags wer e war m and f ort able, so t hey al slept soundly. I n t he middle of t he night , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. T he t ent was f ul of wat er ! They al eapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. It was r aining heavily and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f or med in t he f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen f lowed r ight under t heir tent ! Lesson28 No par king 禁止停車 J asper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e people who believes in ancient m yths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t r ouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night , he always f inds t hat someone has par ked a car out side his gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get his own car int o his gar age even once. J asper has put up39。 No Par king39。 signs out side his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugliest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t old m e t hat it was M edusa, t he Gor gon. J asper hopes t hat she wil t ur n m ot or ists t o stone. But none of t hem has been t urned t o stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。t axi39。 s a sm al Swiss aer oplane caled a 39。Pilat us Por t er 39。. This wonder ful plane can car ry seven passenger s. The most sur prising t hing about it , however , is t hat it can land anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a ploughed f ield. Capt ain Fawcet t39。s f ir st pas enger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bir m ingham t o a lonely vilage in t he Welsh m ount ains. Since t hen, Captain Fawcett has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser t ed car park. Capt ain Fawcett has just r ef used a st range r equest f r om a businessman. The m an want ed t o f ly t o R