【正文】 nd on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nesman. The man wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l r iver that cut s acr oss the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat . Some people on the bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。Pil atus Port er 39。t axi 39。 No Parking39。t it upsidedown ?39。 she said, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doing ?39。about 39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。You39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人 講 的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I sai d t o the manager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound thi s out si de thi s gentl eman39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。Everyone39。s not there now. 39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I f elt very upset.39。遞活 had a l et er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house i n t he di str ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。and it 39。 The m anager was s ympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 5o. 39。s room39。Wel ,39。t her e is sti l some honest y in this wor ld !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 neither slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under st and 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。l l soon learn Engl ish!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 art student and I paint a l ot of pict ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ures arc not 39。 anythi ng. They are just pr ety pat terns. We like t hem i n the same way t hat we li ke pr et y cur tai n mate r ial. I t hi nk that young chi ldren of t en appr eci at e m oder n pictur es bet er than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is only seven, but she al ways tel s me whethe r my pi ctures ar e good or not. She came i nt o my room yester day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。I t 39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y for a m oment .39。s al l r ight ,39。but isn39。 I looked at i t again. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up t hei r tent i n t he middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , they tol d stori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some ti me lat er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t ir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Le sson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns 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。 signs out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that it was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists to stone. But none of them has been tur ned 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 service. The 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。. This wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers