【正文】 ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an i n the boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el int o t he wat er. I tur ned to l ook a t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。Pil atus Port er 39。t axi 39。 No Parking39。t i t upsidedown ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。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。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The r ai 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 said to t he manager , 39。 she said. 39。I f ound t his outside t his gentl em an39。 he sai d. He start ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t ca me i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She neve r t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er f rom my si st er yesterday. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my l eter , I told her t hat she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has m any large r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o some peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。 I left t he money in m y r oom, 39。and i t39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。s losi ng money these days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Wel l, 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s 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 stand him. My tea cher 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 ar t student and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e i s 39。. Of cour s e, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n the same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. I t hink t hat young chi ldren of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto my r oom yest er day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal, 39。I t39。 She looked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。s al l ri ght ,39。but i sn39。 I looked at it agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in the mi ddl e of a f ield. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was r ai ni ng 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 fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who beli eves i