Lesson 26 The best art critics

First listen and then answer the question. Who is the student's best art critic?

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about' . Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain meterial. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.

'What are you doing?' she asked.

'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'

She looked at it critically for a moment.

'It's all right,' she said, ' but isn't it upside down?'

I looked at it again. She was right!It was!

artn. 艺术

　　art student 艺术系的学生

English student 学英语的学生／ student of English 英国学生

art gallery 艺术画廊

black art 巫术

artist n. 艺术家

artisten. 艺人



critic n. 评论家

criticisen. 批评，批判．强调评，要指出好的部分，也要指出不好的部分．

criticismn. 批评，批判（对．．．所作出的评判的内容）

critical adj. 带有批判性的，　挑剔的（用来形容人）

criticallyadv. 爱挑剔地

He criticised my paining.

He is critical. -- He always criticises the others.

He said somethings critically.

Lesson 26 The best art critics / First listen and then answer the question. Who is the student's critic?



paintv. 画（用颜料等画）

paint a picture 使用涂料画-油画

draw a picture 用线条画-素描

paintingn. 画oil painting 油画Chinese painting中国国画-水墨画 (Beijing opera-国戏、京剧）

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.----------注意am an art之间的连读。



pretend v.假装

pretend to do sth. 假装做某事

When his mother came in, the boy pretend to go to sleep.（sleep指睡着）

pretend that +从句

Many people pretend that they understand moden art.(moden adj. 现代的。modern art 现代艺术）

They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.-----从句要使用陈述句的语序。

Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.



just仅仅，表示强调。

patternn. 图案，模式，典范pattern dril句型

They are just pretty patterns.



in the same way that 正如……（指两者方式一样）

in a way 以某种方式

curtainn. 窗帘，幕布

materialn. 材料

listening material听力材料——用v.-ing作定语，表示‘用来做……’

We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.



appreciatev. 鉴赏 (＝understand and enjoy)

like - love - enjoy - appreciate 了解、喜爱的程度一个比一个深

appreciate sth.= appreciate doing sth.我很喜欢做某事。

I appreciate your help. 我很感激你的帮助。

else 其他的。一定放在被修饰词之后。

只用于两种情况：1. 放在anyone, anything等不定代词后

2. 放在疑问代词后。 who else, what else.

better than anyone else 比其他任何人都好。 ----用比较级表示最高级的含意。

The teacher is the tallest.

The teacher is taller than anyone else.---else不能省，它把the teacher 从anyone 中排除出去。

The book is more expensive than anything else.

I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.



noticev. 注意到---指细节上的，视觉上的概念。（所看到的是别人没看到的。）

pay attention to思想上注意

They notice more.



whetherconj. 是否

weathern.天气(指一天之内的阴,晴,刮风,下雨的状况。

'if' 在素示'如果' 时可以被‘whether' 所取代｜ 在表示如果时，不可取代。

Whether is will rain (or not)

I wondered if it will rain. （不可加'or not') ---if引导的不是状语从句，故可以用will。

if he is mad...

= whether he is mad...

= whether he is mad or not...

My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.



hangv.(hung, hung) 悬挂，吊

(hanged, hanged) 绞死，吊死

The thief was hanged.

The coat was hung.

on the wall the picture on the wall

in the wallthe window in the wall

She came into my room yesterday.

'What are you doing?' she asked.

'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I said. 'It's a new one.Do you like it?'



upside down 上下颠倒的

right way up正确的方向，与upside down反意。

She looked at it critically for a moment.

'It's all right!' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?' --否定疑问句，没有否定的意思，只是起强调作用，表达一种情绪。

I looked at it again. She was right! It was.









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Lesson 27 A wet night

First listen and then answer the question. What happened to the boys in the night?

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over a open field. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags are warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bag and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a tream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent.

wet adj. 湿淋淋的，有往下滴水的意思

damp adj. 湿的，不滴水，但给人不舒服的感觉

moist adj. 稍湿的，给人舒服的感觉，如湿润。 moist cake

-----------------由上至下，湿的程度逐渐降低。

moist eyes 水灵灵的眼睛 /dreamy eyes梦幻般的眼睛

humidadj. 指天气比较潮湿。专用于天气预报。

A wet night 雨夜/A rainy night 多雨的夜



late in the afternon傍晚报/early in the morning清早

buildv. 建，强调精心设计并且建造。build a car 制造汽车

put up 搭建，强调搭。提供，接待，为...提供食宿

put up with 容忍，忍受

put out扑灭

put down扑灭，记下

put on穿上

put away把...收好

put off 推延

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非常棒，Tea。

本来想一次多奖励奖励的，可惜做不成，只好分三次奖励了。

加油加油！可以用你的笔记直接进行讲课了。

谢谢Tea的辛勤劳动。

谢谢老师的奖励！我会更加努力的。

Lesson 28 No parking

First listen and then answer the question. What is Jasper White's problem?

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believe in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!

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HOHO, ,,, 整篇课文都写出来了,最后一句翻船了.....

turned to stone

嘿嘿..

你好多钱哦, readwheat太偏心了.......一次送了96个给你........

我没钱....... :'(

Lesson 29 Taxi!

First listen and then answer the question.

Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new seveice. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a plouned field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welth mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous!

taxitake a taxi/ take a bus - by bus / take a lift

captain船长，机长

unuaul 不平常的，

usual平常的

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new seveice.



called 在课文中做为过去分词，作定语，作为被动状态来译

（*过去式是做谓语动词用的，但过去分词本身不做谓语动词*）

-ing; -ed 是非谓语动词，做定语时等同于定语从句。-ing主动 / -ed被动

单词做定语，放在n.前面；短语做定语需后置。

The instrument is called a clavicord. I have an instrument.

== I have an instrument called a clavicord.

I have a cat called Lucy.



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Lesson 30 Football or polo?

First listen and then answer this question.

What happened to the man in the boat?

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sit on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing on the bank and there were people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard than he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look the children, there weren't any in sight: they had all run away. The man smiled when he realized what had happened.He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

Lesson31 Success story

First listen and then answer the question.

What was Frank's fist job?

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me ablout his experience as a young man. Before he retired, Fank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his joy to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle.

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Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

First listen and then answer the question. Who was the thief?

People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before—especially in large shops. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. The the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl ‘gave’ her mother a free dress once a week.

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Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

First listen and then answer the question. Who was the thief?

People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before—especially in large shops. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. The the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl ‘gave’ her mother a free dress once a week.

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Lesson 33 Out of the dankness!

First listen and then answer the question. Why was the girl in hospital?

Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.Towards evening the boat struck a rock and the girl was jumped into the sea. The she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morinig, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.

out of the darkness冲出黑暗

英语言中一个介词短语,往往能起到汉语中动词的作用.

darkness n. 黑暗(没有光线)

in the darkness在黑暗中(在没有光线的情况下)

nearly = almost 将近,几乎

explain v. 解释,叙述

explanationn. 解释,说明Could you give me an explanation?

interpretv.解释,指语言之间的解释

interpretern. 翻译,口译员

interpretress n. 女翻译员

happenvi.sth. happen to sb.

'一段时间'的几种表达方式:

①some time later(简单句)强调主语和动词, 某人做某事.

②... passed and then ...(and,并列句)前后都强调,既强调某人做了什么事,又强调时间过了多久.

③... passed before ...(before 引导的时间状语从语)强调主句,经过了多久的时间.

Three days later, my mother returned.

Three days passed and then my mother returned.

Three days passed before my mother returned.

be able to非但强调有能力,还强调容易成功.

can 只表示有能力

set out = set off = begin a journey出发,启程





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Lesson 34 Quick work

First listen and then answer the question.

How long had the police taken to find his bicycle?

Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from a local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the police told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is being sent to his home by train. Dan was surprised when he heard the news. He was amused, too. Because he has never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen.

Lesson 39 Am I all right?

First listen and then answer the question. Why did Mr. Gilbert telephone Dr. Millongton.

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operative had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedsidetelephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the docotr answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then askedwhen Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then the Dr. Millington asked if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'

Lesson 40 Food and talk

First listen and then answer the question.

Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?

Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

'A new play is coming in "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'

‘No,' she answered.

'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.

'No,' she answered.

'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.

'No,' she answered.

In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.

'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!'

Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat?

First listen and then answer the question.

What kind of shopping does tne writer enjoy, do you think?



'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.

'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.

I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.

'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.

'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'

'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'

'And a woman can't have too many hats.' she answered.

Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse.

Lesson 42 Not very musical

First listen and than answer the question.

What happened when the snake charmer began to play jazz?

As we had had a long walk through one of markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glampse of the snake. It rose our of the basket and began to follow movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz.

Lesson 49 The end of the dream

First listen and then answer the question.

How did the dream end?

Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became a proud owner of a bed which had springs and mattress. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up, until the bed had struck the ground. Although the bed was smashed to piece, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, the man promptly went to sleep again.

Lesson 50 Taken for a ride

First listen and then answer the question.

Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Greed?

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.

I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer that I expect.

'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but i don't know where it is.'

'I'll tell you where to get off,' answered the conductor.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'

'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.

'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly, 'I forgot to put you off.'

'It doesn't matter,' I said, 'I'll get off here.'

'We're going back now,' said the conductor.

'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus.' I answered.

Lesson 48 Do you want to tell me something?

First listen and then answer the question.

Why did the writer become very worried?

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I want to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions, I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.