【導(dǎo)讀】'Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'salright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupside-down?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!Lesson27Awetnight雨夜Lateintheafternoon,theboysputuptheirtentinthemiddleofafield.Assoonasthiswasdone,theycookedamealoveranopenfire.Theywerealhungryandthefoodsmeltgood.Afterawonderfulmeal,theytoldstoriesandsangsongsbythecampfire.Butsometimelateritbegantorain.Theboysfeltiredsotheypetoutthefireandcreptintotheirtent.Theirsleping-bagswerewarmandfortable,sotheyalsleptsoundly.Inthemiddleofthenight,twoboyswokeupandbeganshouting.Thetentwasfullofwater!Theyalleaptoutoftheirsleeping-bagsandhurriedoutside.Itwasrainingheavilyandtheyfoundthatastreamhadformedinthefield.Thestreamwounditswayacrossthefieldandthenflowedrightundertheirtent!Leson28Noparking禁止停車JasperWhiteisoneofthoserarepeoplewhobelievesinancientmyths.Hehasjustboughtanewhouseinthecity,buteversincehemovedin,hehashadtroublewithmotorists.whenhereturnshomeatnight,healwaysfindsthatsomeonehasparkedacaroutsidehisgate.Becauseofthis,hehasnotbeenabletogethisowncarintohisgarageevenonce.Jasperhasputup'NoParking'signsoutsidehisgate,butthesehavenothadanyeffect.Nowhehasputanuglystoneheadoverthegate.ItisoneoftheugliestfacesIhaveeversen.IaskedhimwhatitwasandhetoldmethatitwasMedusa,theGon.Jasperhopesthatshewilturnmotoriststostone.Butnoneofthemhasbeenturnedtostoneyet!Leson29Taxi!出租汽車！足球還是水球？The

　　

【正文】 bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be watchi ng anxiousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l very excit ed and ar e looking for war d to the Olympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e i n t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everything except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean for many years bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had often dreamed of r et ir ing in England and had planned to set tle down in the country. He had no sooner et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most immedi at el y he began to pl ai n about the weather, for even t hough i t was st il l summ er , i t r ai ned conti nualy and it was oft en bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in Engl and bef or e. In t he end, it was mor e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me to set tle down when he sold the house and left the count ry. The dream he had had for so many year s ended there. Har ison had thought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am Ial l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to t el him whether his operati on had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned t he hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lington. When the doct or answered the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inqui ri ng about a certain patient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor t ol d him t hat it had been. He then asked when Mr Gi lber t would be al lowed to go home and the doctor t ol d him t hat he woul d have to stay in hospi tal f or anot her two weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a relative of t he patient.39。 No,39。 t he patient answered, 39。 I am Mr John Gil bert .39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the hostes asked me t o si t next to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmil ing lady i n a tight black dr ess. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fi xed on her pl at e and in a short t ime, s he was busy eating. I t ried to make conversat ion. 39。 A new pl ay i s ing to The Globe soon,39。 I said. 39。Wil you be seing it ?39。 No, 39。 she answered. 39。Wil you be spending your hol idays abroad this year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No, 39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be stayi ng i n England?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enj oying her dinner. 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 if you ate more and t al ked les, we would bot h enjoy our dinner !39。 l esson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 I sai d to my wif e. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about i t,39。 my wif e answered as she looked at her self in t he mi ror . I sat down on one of those modern chair s with holes i n it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wif e was st il l i n fr ont of the mir ror. 39。 We mustn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need, 39。 I remarked suddenly. I regr et ted sayi ng i t al most at once. 39。You needn39。t have said t hat, 39。 my wi fe answer ed.39。 I need not remind you of t hat ter ible ti e you bought yesterday.39。 39。 I fi nd i t beauti ful, 39。 I said. 39。A man can never have t oo i nt o the cave hopi ng to fi nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he party was examining the soil near the entr ance to the cave when the machine showed that her e was gol d under the ground. Very exci ted, the par ty dug a hol e two f et deep. They fi nal y found a smal gol d coin which was almost wort hl ess. The part y then searched t he whol e cave t hor oughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n trunk. I n spite of this, many peopl e ar e conf ident that 39。The Reveal er 39。 may reveal somet hi ng of value fair ly soon. Leson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is hel d for old cars. A lot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s race l ast year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef or e it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls Royce Sil ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only t hr e wheels. Bui lt in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aking par t. After agr eat many loud explosi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he cars broke down on t he cour se and some dri ver s pent mor e time under thei r cars than in them ! A few cars, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of f orty mi les an hour much fast er t han any of i ts r ival s. It sped downhi l at the end of the race and i ts dri ver had a lot of tr ouble tr ying to st op i t. The r ace gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. It was very dif ferent f rom modern car aces but no l ess exci ti ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in bl ue jeans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and asked to se a dres t hat was in t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her did not l ike the way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her 國家科技支撐計劃項目可行性研究（論證）報告 （試行） 項目名稱 : 碳排放交易支撐技術(shù)研究與示范 項目編號 : 項目組織單位 : 重慶市科學(xué)技術(shù) 委員會 中華人民共和國科學(xué)技術(shù)部 二○ 年 月 onl y seven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 She looked at it crit ical ly f or a moment. 39。 I t39。s al ri ght, 39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it upside down ?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, t h