【正文】 ngli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the sa me l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal m et him at the harbour ear ly i n the morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous l i t t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captain Ali son wi l l set out at eight o39。 Har y said, 39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im mediately. 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s. Bil l works harde r than Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. I t i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonderf ul meal , they t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e ti me l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t tir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but isn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.39。I t 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。 she asked. 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We l ike t hem i n the same way t hat we like pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chil dren of ten appreciate moder n pictur es bet ter than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nt o my room yester day. 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。l l soon learn Engl ish! 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under st and him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood it. 39。 I repeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neither slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。Wel ,39。s r oom 39。 5o. 39。s l osing money t hese days, 39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hing. 39。and i t39。 I lef t he money in my r oom,39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime.39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor ry m e. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not e