【正文】 ance. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y me. Som e f isher men ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng f ish, t hey cat ch ol d 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 ter havi ng spent whole 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 i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom ,39。and it39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。 5o. 39。s r oom39。Wel ,39。t her e i s st il some honest y i n thi s worl d !39。 I r epeated m y questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not understand hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke t hat! The por ter and I l ooked at each other and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under stood it . 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many people pr et end t hat t hey under st and modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, m any pi ctur es ar c not 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat er ns. 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 t hink t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She cam e i nt o m y r oom yest erday. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ctur e on t he wal l,39。I t 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 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 ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddl e of a f i el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t ol d st or ies and sang songs by the cam p f ir e. But som e t im e l ater it began to r ai n. The boys felt t ir ed so t hey pet out t he f ir e and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so t hey al slept soundly. I n the mi ddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound t hat a st r eam had form ed i n t he f iel d. The str eam wound it s way across the f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi t e i s one of those rar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nc e he m oved i n, he has had t r ouble wi t h mot or ists. when he r et ur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat someone has par ked a car outs ide hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。. This wonder ful pla ne can car ry seven passengers. The most surpr ising bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epa ir ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money fr om his fr iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you, 39。so now you can pay f or my di nner! 39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part i n an impor tant race acr oss t he At lantic. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr . Harm swor th, 39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at tention to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a rem inder .39。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up! 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 The i nn keeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h