【正文】 a new ser vi ce. The 39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af ter noon, t he boys put up t hei r tent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food sm elt good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. It was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f i el d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi t e i s one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h m ot ori st s. when he r et ur ns home at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has parked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She l ooked at i t cr it i cal y f or a m oment.39。I t39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pr et ty pat erns. We l i ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al . I thi nk t hat young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e m oder n pict ur es bet er t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el s m e whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She came i nto m y r oom yest er day. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。t under stand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey underst and m oder n art. They al ways t el you what a pict ur e i s 39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke t hat! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som e thi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。 I r epeat ed m y quest ion sever al t im es and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her sl owly nor clearl y. 39。t her e i s st il l som e honest y i n t hi s worl d !39。Wel l,39。s r oom 39。 5o. 39。s l osi ng m oney these days, 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。and it39。 I l ef t t he m oney i n m y room ,39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hi ng. I39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 m y fr i ends say.39。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s m y f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor r y m e. Som e fi sherm en a re unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never catch anyt hi ng not even ol d boots. Aft er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he r i ver, I al ways go hom e wit h an em pt y bag. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。he gi rl said, 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。You m ust gi ve up f i shi ng!39。 I t39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal y i nt erest ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erest ed i n si t i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owl y dr ivi ng m e mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r port was buil t duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t coul d not be used then. Last year, however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left . Som etim es I thi nk t his house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of fer ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm i ned t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obabl y ri ght . Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei vi ng a l et t er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m onths l at er , she r ecei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a li t 1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er , she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We are now l i vi ng i n a beauti f ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y si ster l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er , I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。 I sai d, 39。s not there now.39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o plai n about t hi s wi cked worl d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir