【正文】 str eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he city, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h motor ists. when he ret ur ns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She looked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。I t39。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal, 39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. I t hink t hat young chi ldren of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my r oom yest er day. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t student and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e 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 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 under st ood it . 39。 I r epeated my questi on se veral 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 here i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s losi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。and i t39。 I left t he money in m y r oom, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s only f ourt een years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d r ecor 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 succe ed. Er na39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a st orm . Towar ds evening, the boat st r uck a rock and the gi rl jum ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e night in t he water. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a dist ance of eight mil es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was high up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri ving at the shore, the gir l st ruggled up the cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. Tha t was al l she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself i n hospi tal. Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f rom the l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at he stati on. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest erday and now he is not wor ri ed any more. At the stat ion, he was told by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , the bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi l e ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regr et ed it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat for d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted quickl y and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal i s greater than ever bef ore especial y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e fewe r peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an 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 ticl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the most expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an as ist ant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply took the par cel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat the shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Onc e he landed on the r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request f rom a busi nessm an. The man want ed to f ly to Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Capta in Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was too danger