【正文】 acr oss t he Atl ant ic many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。clock so we shal l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil l be away for t wo months. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an i mport ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popular singers. At present , t hey ar e visi ting al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at the Workers39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr. Har mswor t h, 39。Don39。 he Said. Then he smi l ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。 Si r , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking area. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ent ion t o our st r et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible to be gr own up!39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。m very sor ry,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor r y, we39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he ticket off ice. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。 I asked. 39。the gi rl said, 39。s perf ormance. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y favouri te sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anything. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even les l ucky. I never catch anyt hingnot even ol d boots. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。 my f r iends say.39。s a waste of t im e. 39。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I lef t he money in my r oom ,39。and i t39。 The manager was sympat hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。s losing m oney t hese days,39。5o. 39。s room39。Wel ,39。there is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clearl y. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l ike t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under stood it . 39。l l soon l ear n Engl ish!39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 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 modern ar t . They always t el l you what a pi cture is 39。. Of course, many pictur es ar c not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pr et 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 and 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 were warm and fort able, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found t hat a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr ouble wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 signs outside his gate, but the se have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 is a smal l Swi ss aer oplane cal led a 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng thi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。t any i n sight: t hey had al l r un away! The ma n laughed when he realized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft er noon Fra