【正文】 9。 Susan answer ed. 39。May I have t wo ticket s please ?39。Im sor ry, we39。 the girl sai d. 39。 Susan exclaimed. Just hen, a man hur ri ed t o the ticket offi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gi rl said, 39。s perfor mance. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shing is my f avour ite spor t. I of ten f ish for hours wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But this does not worry m e. Some f ishermen ar e unlucky. Inst ead of catchi ng f ish, the y catch ol d boots and r ubbish. I am even l ess lucky. I never catch anything not even ol d boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole mornings on the r iver , I always go home wit h an empty bag. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s a waste of ti me. 39。t realize one import ant thing. I39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I l ef t the m oney i n my room,39。and it39。 The manager was ympathetic, but he coul d do nothing. 39。s l osing money these days, 39。5o. 39。s room39。Wel l,39。there is stil l some honesty i n t hi s worl d !39。 I r epeated my question sever al ti mes and at last he under st ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clear ly. 39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said something and I understood i t. 39。l l soon lear n English!39。t under st and them ! Do they speak English ? leson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they under st and modern art . They always t el l you what a pi ct ur e i s 39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。 anything. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we like prety curtain materi al . I t hi nk t hat young chi ldren often appreciate modern pictures bet er t han anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sist er i s only seven, but she always tel s me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。It 39。 She looked at i t cri ti caly f or a moment .39。s al r ight ,39。but isn39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight ! I t was! Leson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the afternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middle of a f ield. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , t hey told stori es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys felt ti red so they pet out the fir e and crept int o thei r t ent. Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e war m and fortable, so they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddle of the ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was f ull of water! They al l leapt out of their sl epi ng bags and hurr ied out side. I t was raining heavily and they f ound that a st ream had for med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the fi eld and then f lowed r ight under thei r t ent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose rare people who beli eves i n anci ent myths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wit h mot orists. when he r et ur ns home at night , he al ways fi nds that someone has parked a car outsi de his gate. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns outside his gate, but these have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l l t ur n m ot or i st s 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！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 i s a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal l ed a 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pr i si ng Per cy Butt ons. He cal ls at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was late and detect ives were wait ng at the ai rpor t al morning. They were expect ing a valuabl e parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours ear lier, someone had t ol d the pol ice t hat thieves woul d try t o st eal t he diamonds. When the pl ane ari ved, some of the det ecti ves wer e wai ting insi de t he main buildi ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on the airf ield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and car ied it into the Customs House. Whil e two det ecti ves wer e keeping guard at the door, two other s opened the parcel . To t heir sur pr ise, the preci ous par cel was full of stones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our town. Nearly ever ybody enters for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y time. Bil Fri th39。s. Bil l wor ks harder t han Joe and grows more fl owers and vegetables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s t wo minutes past twelve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mmediately. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wil sai l f rom Portsmout h tomor row. We shal met hi m at he har bour earl y in the morning. He wil l be in his smal l boat , Topsail .Tapsail is a f amous lit tle boat . I t has sailed acr oss the Atlantic many times. Capt ai n Alison wi l set out at eight o39