【正文】 er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f or t able, 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 i sn39。s al r ight, 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly for a moment .39。I t39。m hanging this pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt a in m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st e r i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom yest erday. 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures ar c not 39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art cri t ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t student and I paint a lot of pictur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat hey underst and moder n art . They al ways t el you what a pictur e is 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and hi m. My t eac her never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。t her e i s st i l l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom 39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our t een year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d r ec or d. She i s a st r ong swi m m er and m any peopl e f eel t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her mother a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a wek passed befor e the gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towards evening, t he boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j umped into the sea. Then she swam to the shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e night in t he water . Dur ing that ime she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Earl y next morning, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the l ight was high up on t he cli f s. On ar ri ving at the shore, the gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he light she had seen. That was al l she r emembered. When she woke up a day later , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worr ied al l t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he local poli ce. I n the l et er he was asked t o cal at the stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he police, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not wor ri ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a sm il ing poli ceman t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman tol d him , t he bicycl e was picked up in a smal vil lage four hundr e d mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a t axi. A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f indi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf ord St reet recent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag ful l of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at he 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 i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the poli ce. The thi eves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef oreespecial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it le tim e, she chose one of the m ost expensive dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an asi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman si mp