【正文】 r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags wer e war m and f or tabl e, so they al slept soundly. I n the middle of t he ni ght, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f l owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he city, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h motor ists . when he ret ur ns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。. This wonder ful plane can car ry seven passenger 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 r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that im e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 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 ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi f e cam e i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。 gave39。Can I r etur n t hese t wo ti ckets?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Coul d I have those t wo t i ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not real y i nt erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et imes I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gi r l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew t he bot tl e into the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir l s wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , they have decided to use t he post off ice. Leter s wi l cost a l it 1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel f ast er. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpr ise. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si ster left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my l eter , I told her t hat she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many large r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o some peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el manager39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now.39。Everyone39。 he said. He star ted to pl ain about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。I f ound this outsi de this gentl em a n39。 she said. 39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car efull y, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under st and me。I am a f orei gner ,39。You39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a dif ferent language. The Engl ish under stand each ot her , but I don39。about39。about 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 I 39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I t39。 she said, 39。t it upsi dedown ?3