【正文】 t a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s 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 in t he ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he ret ur ns home 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 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 pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we li ke pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eciat e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. The y noti ce more. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom ye st erday. 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures ar c not 39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? l eson26 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 lot of pi ctures. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand modern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke English l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smil ed. Then he sai d somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。t here i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。a nd it 39。 I l eft t he money in m y room, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。t realize one i mport ant t hi ng. I 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 my fr iends say.39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour i t e sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anythi ng. But thi s does not worr y me. Some f isher men ar e unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boots. Aft er having spent whol e mor nings on the r iver, I always go home wi t h an empty bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur r ied to the t icket of fi ce. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。The pl ay may begi n at any moment,39。 My dog had t aken i t i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it 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 i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。t er r i bl e t o be grown up! 39。 l eson18 He of ten does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。Yes, t hank you,39。but I can39。t got my bag. 39。I 39。 he sai d 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 I said. 39。 Susan answered. 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。I 39。ve sold out, 39。What a pit y! 39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。Cer tai nl y,39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。You m ust give up f is hing!39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not r eal ly inter est ed in f ishing. I am only inter ested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owl y dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur ing the war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by the noi se. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk this house wi l be knocked down by a pasi ng plane. I have been of fered a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am deter mined t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi r l of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we wer e tr avel ing a cross t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t int o a bott le. She threw the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She li ves in Ni ger i a. I n her l et er , she said t hat she would e to England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pl eted f ive mont hs ago. In m y let ter, I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has many l ar ge r oom s and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so i t looks st range to som e people. I t m ust be the onl y modern house in t he distr ict. Lesso