$课文24 不幸中之万幸I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. 我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. 我刚刚丢了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。I left the money in my room, I said, and it' s not there now.' “我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有了。”The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 经理深表同情，但却无能为力。Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. “现在大家都在丢钱."He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. 他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来，却被一阵敲门声打断了。A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. 一个姑娘走了进来，把一个信封放在了他桌上。It contained $50. 它里面装着50英镑。'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. “这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的，”她说。'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!' “是啊，”我对那位经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”manager n. 经理upset adj. 不安sympathetic adj. 表示同情的complain v. 抱怨wicked adj. 很坏的，邪恶的contain v. 包含，内装honesty n. 诚实$课文25 英国人讲的是英语吗？I arrived in London at last. 我终于到了伦敦。The railway station was big, black and dark. 火车站很大，又黑又暗.I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. 我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. 我的英语讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。The porter, however, could not understand me. 然而搬运工却不明白我的话。I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. 我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。'I am a foreigner,' I said. “我是个外国人，”我说。Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. 于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂.My teacher never spoke English like that! 我的老师从来不那样讲英语！The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. 我和搬运工相视一笑。Then he said something and I understood it. 接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。'You'll soon learn English!' he said. “ 您会很快学会英语的！”他说。I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. 我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! 英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！Do they speak English? 他们说的是英语吗？railway n. 铁路porter n. 搬运工several quantifier 几个foreigner n. 外国人wonder v. 感到奇怪$课文26 最佳艺术评论家I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. 我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。Many people pretend that they understand modern art 有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，.They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. 总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. 当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。They are just pretty patterns. 它们就是些好看的图案，We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. 我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. 我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，他们观察到的东西更多。My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. 我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。She came into my room yesterday. 昨天她到我房里来了。'What are you doing?' she asked. "你在干什么?"她问.'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?' 我正在把画挂到墙上,我回答.这是新的,你喜欢吗?She looked at it critically for a moment. 她挑剔地看了一会.'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?' 不错,她说,但是是不是挂反了?I looked at it again. 我又看了看.She was right! It was! 她是对的. art n. 艺术critic n. 评论家paint v. 画pretend v. 假装pattern n. 图案curtain n. 窗帘，幕布material n. 材料appreciate v. 鉴赏notice v. 注意到whether conj. 是否hang v. 悬挂，吊critically adv. 批评地upside down 上下颠倒地
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