【正文】 i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open fi r e. The y wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal, t hey tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi r e and cr ept i nt o t hei r tent. Their sleepi ng bags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of the ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout i 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 out si de. It was r aini ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi t h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gate. It i s one of t he ugl i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that s he wi l t urn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ain Fawcet39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and t hr ew the bal back to t he bank. Leson31 Suces st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ter noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el i ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s j ob t o r epair bi cycles and at hat t im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 gave39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport . I of t en f i sh f or hour s wit hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。 my f ri ends say.39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。t r eal ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I left t he m oney in m y r oom, 39。and i t39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days,39。5o. 39。s r oom 39。Wel l, 39。t here i s st il l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。 I repeat 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。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som ethi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art cri t ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways t el you what a pict ur e is 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es ar c not 39。 anyt hi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat er ns. We l ike t hem i n the sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur tai n m ateri al. I t hi nk t hat young chil dren oft en appr eci ate m oder n pi ct ur es bet er than anyone else. They n oti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y room yeste r day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ctur e on t he wal l,39。I t39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。s al l r i ght, 39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open fi r e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal, t hey tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi r e and cr ept i nt o t hei r tent. Their sleepi ng bags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of the ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout i 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 out si de. It was r aini ng