【正文】 hopassi stant was her daught er . The gi r l39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake him because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還 是 水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f ine af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and there were some peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man in the boat , but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I turned t o look at the chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。Pi l at us Por ter39。t axi 39。 No Par king39。t i t upside down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I 39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。You39。I am a for eigner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I said t o the m anager, 39。 she sai d. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。and it 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Wel l,39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !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。 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。l l soon learn Engl ish!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 t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter 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 of ten appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。s al ri ght,39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a m eal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed 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 middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of wate r ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outs ide his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him