【正文】 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 39。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat t er ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e m odern pi ct ur es bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce m or e. My si st er is onl y seven, but she al ways t el s m e whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y r oom yest er day. 39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke t hat! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he sai d somet hi ng and I under st ood i t. 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。s r oom 39。s l osi ng money t hese days,39。and it 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towar ds eveni ng, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahe ad. She knew she was near t he shor e because the li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar i vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found herself in hospi t al . Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he local poli ce. I n the l eter he was asked t o cal at the stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any more. At the st at ion, he was told by a smil ing poli cem an that hi s bicycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he policeman t ol d hi m, the bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. It is now bei ng sent to his home by t rai n. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 Stop thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi le ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake him because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還 是 水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f ine af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and there were some peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man in the boat , but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he ne arl y f el l into the wat er . I turned t o look at the chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。t axi 39。t i t upside down ?39。 I t39。 I answered. 39。 What are you doing ?39。about 39。You39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl is h ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 she sai d. 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。s not there now. 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going to swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he h