【正文】 now t he way t o my hot el , so I asked a por t er . I not onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car ef ull y, but very cl ear ly as wel . The por t er , however, could not under st and m e。I am a f orei gner, 39。You39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a di f er ent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。about 39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I t39。 she sai d, 39。t it upside down ?39。 No Par ki ng39。t axi39。Pi l at us Port er 39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on t he r oof of a bl ock of f lats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and i n t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an in t he boat , but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he nearl y f el i nto t he wa ter. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em ptati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when t he wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al l art icles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in t he shop and handed i t t o an assistant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possi ble. Then t he wom an sim pl y t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. The n she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng that im e she covered a di st ance of ei ght m i l es. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s . On ar iving at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。s a waste of ti me.39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。and i t39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hi ng. 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 e d my question sever al ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke that! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。t under stand them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最 佳 美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ctur es. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand m odern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi cture is 39。. Of course, many pi ctur es ar c not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young childr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yest erday. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging this pi ct ure on the wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cr it cal ly for a mom ent .39。s al r ight, 39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y a nd the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Their sl eping bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n t he m iddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t e nt was f ul l of water! The