【正文】 t year . Af t er I had lef t a sm al vilage in t he sout h of Fr ance, Idr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a lif t . As soon as he had got int o t he car, Isaid good m orning t o him in Fr ench and he r eplied in t he sam e language. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he jour ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly s aid, ver y slowly, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Charles Alison, wil sail f r om Por t smout h t om or ow. We shal m eet him at t he harbour early in t he m or ning. He wil be in his sm al boat , Topsail. Tapsail s a f am ous lit t le boat . I t has sailed acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Alison wil set out at eight o39。 Har r y said, 39。2. To my sur prise, he gave m e t he m oney im m ediat ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t ur n deser ves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r est aurant when Har r y Steele came in. Har r y wor ked in a lawyer 39。s t wo m inut es past t welve! The clock has t opped! 39。 t im e. Fif teen minut es pased and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big m inut e hand id not m ove. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han J oe and gr ows m ore f lower s and veget ables, but J oe39。. This wonder ful plane can car ry seven passenger s. The most sur prising t hing about it , however , is t hat it can land anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a ploughed f ield. Capt ain Fawcet t39。 s a sm al Swiss aer oplane caled a 39。 signs out side his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugliest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t old m e t hat it was M edusa, t he Gor gon. J asper hopes t hat she wil t ur n m ot or ists t o stone. But none of t hem has been t urned t o stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af t ernoon, t he boys put up t heir t ent in t he m iddle of a f ield. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t ime lat er it began t o r ain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out he f ir e and cr ept int o t heir t ent. Their sleeping bags wer e war m and f ort able, so t hey al slept soundly. I n t he middle of t he night , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The t ent was f ul of wat er ! They al eapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. It was r aining heavily and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f or med in t he f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen f lowed r ight under t heir tent ! Lesson28 No par king 禁止停車 J asper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e people who believes in ancient m yths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t r ouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night , he always f inds t hat someone has par ked a car out side his gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get his own car int o his gar age even once. J asper has put up39。but isn39。s al r ight , 39。 She looked at it cr it icaly f or a m om ent .39。I t 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal, 39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret ty pat ter ns. We like t hem in t he same way t hat we like pr et ty cur tain m ater ial. I t hink t hat young childr en of ten appr eciat e moder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone else. They not ice m or e. M y sist er is only seven, but she always t ells m e whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yester day. 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? lesson26 The best art cr it ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a lot of pict ur es. M any people pr etend t hat hey under stand moder n ar t . They always t ell you what a pict ur e is 39。l soon lear n English! 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not under stand him . M y t eacher never spoke English like t hat ! The por t er and I looked at each ot her and smiled. Then he said somet hing and Iunder stood it . 39。 Ir epeated m y quest ion sever al t im es and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowly nor clear ly. 39。t her e is st il som e honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。Well, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s losing m oney these days, 39。 The m anager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hing. 39。and it 39。 I lef t t he m oney in m y r oom, 39。s of f ice and sat down. Ihad just lost amp。t r ealize one im port ant hing. I 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。 m y f riends say. 39。 I said sadly. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing is m y f avourit e spor t. Iof t en f ish f or hours wit hout cat ching anyt hing. But t his does not wor r y m e. Som e fisher men ar e unlucky. I nstead of cat ching fish, t hey cat ch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole m ornings on t he r iver, Ialways go hom e wit h an em pty bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l said, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. J ust t hen, a m an hur r ied t o t he t icket of ice. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。m sor y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur r ied t o t he t icket of ice. 39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。The play m ay begin at any mom ent ,39。M y dog had t aken it int o t he gar den. He of ten does t his. 39。m very sor ry,39。 The inn keeper smiled a