【正文】 ave begun alr eady,39。I hurr i ed t o t he t i cket off ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sorr y, we39。 t he gi rl said. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per f or mance. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an 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 catchi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Aft er having spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he ri ver, I al ways go home wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。 m y fr iends say.39。s a wast e of tim e.39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hi ng. I39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I l ef t he m oney i n m y r oom ,39。and i t39。 The m anager was sym patheti c, but he coul d do not hi 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 l some honest y i n t hi s worl d !39。 I repeat ed m y quest ion sever al t im es and at l ast he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor cl earl y. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke t hat! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under st ood i t. 39。l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。t underst and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t 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 pi ct ur es arc not 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pr et t y pat ter ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he same 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 of t en appr eci at e moder n pi ct ures bet t er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el l s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y room yester day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。I t 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a mom ent. 39。s al ri 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 the aft ernoon, t he boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al hungr y and t he f ood sm elt good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t old st or i es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t im e later it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r t ent. Their sl eping bags wer e 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 t he ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The t ent was f ull of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st r eam had f orm ed in t he fi el d. The st r eam wound i t s way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r t ent! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci t y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had t rouble wi t h m ot or ists. 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 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 ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t i s one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave me the money i mmediat el y. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char les Al ison, wil sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Cl ub