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I arrived at a railway station in London and asked a porter the way to my hotel,but he couldn't understand me.He understannd me at last but I couldn't understand his answer.My teacher never spoke english like that .He said that I'll soon learn English.In England,each person speaks a different language,but I don't understand them26课The writer studies art and paints a lot of pictures. Many people do not really understand modern art. Paintings do not always have a meaning. They are sometimes pretty patterns. Young children not only appreciate modern paintings better than others but they notice more. The writer's young sister went into his room yesterday and examined his new picture. He had hung it upside down and she noticed this immediately.
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The boys put up their tent in the middle of a field and cooked a meal. After their meal they told stories and sang songs but it began to rain so they crept into their tent. The boys woke up in the middle of the night. The tent was full of water so they rushed outside. A stream had formed in the field and flowed right under their tent28课
Jasper White believes in ancient myths. Car owners always park their cars outside his gate, so he has put up ‘No Parking’ signs but they have not paid any attention to them. Now he has put an ugly stone head over his gate. It is the head of Medusa, the Gorgon. He wants her to turn car owners to stone but she has not done so yet.
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Captain Ben Fawcett has bought a small Swiss aeroplane and (he) uses it as a taxi. It is a ‘Pilatus Porter’. It can not only carry seven passengers but also land anywhere. Captain Fawcett has taken passengers to many strange places in his plane. He refused to fly a businessman to Rockall. The journey was too dangerous30课The writer sat by the river last Sunday. Some children were playing games nearby. One of the children kicked a ball hard and it went towards a passing boat. The man in the boat neither saw the ball nor heard people shouting. The ball hit the man and the children ran away. However, the man was not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank31课Frank Hawkins was telling the writer about his experiences as a young man.Frank used to work in a small shop as a boy.He used to repair bicycles there.He bought his own shop in 1958 and he made spare parts for aeroplanes in his twenties.He employed a lot of people in a few years.His wife came into the room after a while.She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle.32课A detective watched a well-dressed woman in a large store one Monday.She bought a few small articles and then she chose an expensive dress.The assistant wrapped it up for her and the woman took it with her.She did not pay for it,so the detective arrested her.The assistant was her daughter.She gave her mother a free once a week.
33课The girl set out from the coast one afternoon and was caught in a storm.Her boat struck a rock,so she jumped into the sea.She swam eight miles that night.She reached the shore early next morning.She had seen a light high up on the cilffs and she cllimbed up.She found herself in hospital a day later.34课Dan Robinson was worried.He had received a letter from the local police.Yesterday he went to the station.He is not worried any more.The police have found his bicycle.Dan was not only surprised but amused as well.His bicycle was stolen twenty years ago.He was fifteen then.
35课Roy is finding his new job as a bus driver exciting.He saw two thieves in Catford Street recently.They were running out of a shop and Roy drove his bus straight at them,so they dropped the stolen money and got into a car.Roy drove his bus into the back of their car then and damaged it.Afte this he telephoned the police.Both men were arrested later36课Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is eleven and she is a strong swimmer. Debbie has been trained by her father. He will follow her in a small boat. Debbie's mother will be waiting on the English coast. She swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.