【正文】 wa full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders as the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was his job t o repair bicycles and at hat t im e he used t o work fourt een hour s a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal l wor kshop of his own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used t o make spar e par ts f or aer oplanes. At that ti me he had two hel pers. By the end of the war , the smal wor kshop had bee a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and twenty ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he remem ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。. This wonderf ul plane can car y seven passenger s. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 i s a sm al l Swiss aeroplane caled a 39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l turn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been turned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their tent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime l ater it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m iddle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l eapt out of t heir sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght, he always fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al ri ght,39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。I t39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. W e li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pict ur e s bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。t understand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They a lways tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I sai d. Then he s poke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! 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 several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。ther e is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 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 nothing. 39。and i t39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。 my f r iends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anyt hing. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men a re unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。s perf or mance. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur r i ed t o the t icket of f ice. 39。I t m ay have begun al r eady,39。The pl ay may begi n at any m om ent ,39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does this. 39。m ver y sorr y, 39。 The i n keeper sm iled and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i n keeper cam e in. 39。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e to be grown u