【導(dǎo)讀】Lesson9Acoldwele冷遇OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted,'It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!

　　

【正文】 age i n Hol land. Last year, we were tr aveli ng a cross the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper with her name and addres on it into a bottl e. She t hr ew the bott le into t he sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om a girl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a lit t1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainly t ravel fast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er f rom my sist er yesterday. She l ives i n Niger ia. I n her leter, she sai d that she woul d e to England next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beaut iful new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si ter left . The house was pl et ed f ive months ago. In my let er , I t ol d her that she could stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y modern house, so it looks st range to some people. It must be t he only modern house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I entered the hotel manager39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I felt ver y upset. 39。 I l ef t he money i n my room, 39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t here now.39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。Everyone39。s losing money these days, 39。 he said. He start ed t o pl ai n about this wi cked worl d but was i nt er rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound this outsi de t hi s gentleman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel, 39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。t her e i s st il some honest y in this worl d !39。 l esson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ari ved in London at l ast. The r ai lway stati on was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way t o my hotel, so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English ver y carefull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel. The port er , however , could not underst and me。 I r epeated my question sever al ti mes and at last he under st ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clear ly. 39。I am a f or ei gner,39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said something and I understood i t. 39。You39。l l soon lear n English!39。 he sai d. I wonder . In England, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak English ? leson26 The best art cri t i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many peopl e pr et end that t hey under st and modern art . They always tel you what api ct ur e is 39。about39。. Of course, many pictures arc not 39。about39。 anything. They are just pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al . I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e modern pictures bet er than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways tels me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 She looked at i t cri ticaly f or a moment .39。 I t39。s al ri ght ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t i t upsidedown ?39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the af ternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ire. They wer e al l hungry and the food smelt good. Aft er a wonderful meal, they told stori es and sang songs by the camp f ire. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and for tabl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was full of wat er ! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hurri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavil y and they found t hat a str eam had formed in the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi te is one of those r ar e peopl e who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house in the ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t roubl e with motori st s. when he returns home at night, he always f inds t hat someone has par ked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car into his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 signs outsi de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was 安徽省 石臺(tái)縣鱷魚(yú)、 鱷魚(yú) 龜 、 梅花鹿 生態(tài) 養(yǎng)殖觀光園項(xiàng)目 可 行 性 研 究 報(bào) 告 二○一○年八月 Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Buttons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once amont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few hour s earl ier, someone had told t he police that hi eves would tr y to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ng inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed it i nt o the Customs House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To their surpri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of sto