【正文】 e t ime later it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e war m and f or t abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shout i ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er ! They al l l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur r i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a st r eam had f or m ed i n t he f i el d. The been abr oad bef or e, so he i s f inding t his t ri p ver y exci ti 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new ga rage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t elephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西but i sn39。s al r ight, 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。I t39。m hanging t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We 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 oft en appreciat e moder n pi ct ures beter t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures 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 pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat they understand modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure 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 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 m e, 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。s r oom 39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my room, 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 m y fr i ends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f isherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythi ng not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l said, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he t i cket of fi ce. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。m very sor ry,39。 The innkeeper smil ed and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay for m y dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money fr om you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。It 39。s garden is m ore