【正文】 sang songs by t he c am 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 ddle of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shout i ng. The tent was full of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound its way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. J asper has put up39。but isn39。s al l r i ght ,39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y for a m oment .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 in the same way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain mater ial. I thi nk that young chil dren of ten appr eci ate m oder 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 pi ctures ar e good or not. She came i nt o my room yester day. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I unde r st ood it . 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。Wel l,39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 m y wi f e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need,39。 We mustn39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed, 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oying her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked me to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor tol d him that he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pat ient. 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 tim e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mming pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coas t . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her m ot her a f r e dr ess once a week ! l eson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f r om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nt o 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. Ear ly next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the li ght was hi gh up on the cl if fs. On ar ivi ng at he 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 hersel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al the week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l eter f rom the l ocal pol ice. In t he let ter he was asked to cal l at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr ied any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a sm al l vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now being sent to hi s home 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 bi cycl e t o be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He i s f indi ng hi s new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf or d St reet recent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag f ull of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str ai ght at t he thi eves. The