【正文】 The man wanted t o fl y t o Rockal l, a lonely island 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. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r iver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el int o the wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。Pil at us Port er 39。taxi39。 No Parki ng39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you like i t ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about 39。about39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a dif ferent language. The Engl ish understand each ot her , but I don39。You39。I am a f orei gner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl i sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car eful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under stand me。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound this 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 t here now. 39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I f elt very 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 came 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 never 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 i a. In her l et ter , she sai d 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 before my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er, I tol d her that she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It must be the only moder n house i n t he di str ict. Leson24 It could 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 sympatheti 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 repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke slowl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es ar c not 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat t er ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ain m at er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eciat e modern 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。 she asked. 39。m hanging t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。s al r ight, 39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he aft er noon, the boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They were al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter 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 ir 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 middl e of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The t ent was ful l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f