【正文】 Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he i nnkeeper cam e i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 The i nnkeeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he ret ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to m e. 39。m ver y sor ry,39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。I hur ri ed t o t he ti cket off i ce. 39。 I asked. 39。m sorr y, we39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed t o t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per f orm ance. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y favour it e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f i sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of c atchi ng f ish, they cat ch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m or ni 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 ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。 I l eft t he m oney i n m y room,39。and it 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。s l osi ng money t hese days,39。5o. 39。s r oom 39。Wel l, 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。 I r epeat ed my quest i on sever al tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke nei t her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er a nd I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。t under st and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under stand m oder n ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pret y pat t er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way that we li ke pr et y curt ain m at eri al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e m odern pi ct ur es bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y 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 r oom yester day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ctur e on t he wal l,39。I t39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent. 39。s al r i ght, 39。but isn39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af t er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e tim e l at e r i t began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of wat er ! They al l leapt out of t heir sl eping bags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ni ng heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a str eam had f or m ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f l owed r i ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose rar e people who bel ieves in ancient m yt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci t y, but ever si nce he m oved in, he has had t r oubl e wit h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car out side 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 gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n mot or ists t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車(chē)！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car r y seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng t hi ng about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f iel d. Captai n Fawcet 39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s w