【正文】 ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a m eal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime later it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer opl ane cal led a 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car 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, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。t any i n si ght: they had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to the chil dr en and thr ew the bal l back to the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o repair bicycles and at hat t ime he used t o wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he smal l work shop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Fr ank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going to swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he long di st ance t o England. Er na I i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age inn, I looked f or my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。Yes, thank you, 39。but I can39。t got my bag.39。I 39。 he said 39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 I sai d. 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。I 39。ve sol d out, 39。What a pi ty! 39。Can I r et urn t hese t wo t icket s?39。Cert ai nly,39。Could I have t hose t wo ti cket s please ?39。Cer t ai nly, 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。I might as wel have them,39。You must give up f is hing!39。 I t39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal ly inter ested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeropl anes are sl owl y dr iving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur ing t he war, but for some r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have bee n dr iven away fr om t hei r homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of money t o go away, but I am deter mined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bottl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gir ls wr it e to each other r egular ly now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use the pos t of f ice. Let ters wi l l cost a li t1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f aster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she woul