【正文】 wn, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour, Captain Char les Al ison, wi l l sail f rom Port sm out h tom or row. We shal l meet hi m at the harbour ear ly in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat , Topsail. Tapsail i s a famous l it tl e boat . I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Har ry said, 39。 2. To m y surpri se, he gave me t he money immedi at ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y St el e came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。s two minutes past t welve! The clock has st opped!39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pr i si ng Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To their sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ull of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。 i s a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal l ed a 39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me t hat it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l l t ur n m ot or i st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 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 were 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 r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so they pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the m iddle of t he ni ght, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way across the f iel d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e people who believes in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns home at night , he al ways f i nds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age 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。It 39。m hanging t hi 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 li ke pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chil dren of ten appreciate m oder n pictur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice mor e. M y 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 nto m y room yester day. 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli 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 ctur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey understand moder n art . They always t el l you what a pi cture i s 39。l l soon l ear n English!39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l ike t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under stood it . 39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。there is sti l some honesty in t hi s wor l d ! 39。Wel ,39。s room39。5o. 39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do not hing. 39。and i t39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。s of ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。t r eal ize one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my favour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en are unlucky. I nst ead of catching fi sh, the y catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even l ess 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 al ways go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he