【正文】 . Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr ising thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。 signs out side his gate, but these have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。but isn39。 She looked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m oment.39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my r oom yest er day. 39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e i s 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter a nd I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n thi s worl d ! 39。s r oom39。s l osi ng money these days,39。and i t39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s a waste of t ime. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t . I of ten f ish for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men are unlucky. I nstead of c atching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I always go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 the gi rl said. 39。 Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。m sor ry, we39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of f ice. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。m very sor ry,39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e t o be grown up! 39。 he Said. Then he s mi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。Mr . Harmswor th, 39。s m other, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympic Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wil l be hel d in our countr y in four year s39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o recogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he pol ice stopped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized 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 st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She want ed him t o r epair t hei r son39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af t er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at e r i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of wat er ! They al l leapt out of t heir sl eping bags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ni ng heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a str eam had f or m ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose rar e people who bel ieves in ancient m yt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci t y, but ever si nce he m oved in, he has had t r oubl e wit h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car out side hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al r i ght, 39。I t39。 she asked. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 I r epeat ed my quest i on sever al tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke nei t her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。Wel l, 39。5o. 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。 I l eft