【正文】 r med i n the f iel d. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r eturns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car out si de his gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but isn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She looked at i t cr i tical 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 just 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 chi ldren of ten appreciate m oder n pictur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice mor e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y 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 understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 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 l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr etend that they under st and moder n ar t. They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 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 under st ood it . 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered me, 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。 my wif e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need,39。 We must n39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par t y, t he hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dr ess. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake conver sat i on. 39。 the pati ent answered,39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d have to stay i n hospi tal for anothe r two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and wa s caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui 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 r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, 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 thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef oreespecial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel