报关员考试讲义(编辑修改稿)

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d i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul ly, but ver y cl earl y as wel l. The port er, however , coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。 I am a f orei gner,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke t hat! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi le d. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under st ood i t. 39。 You39。 l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。 t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美术评论家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under stand m odern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 about 39。 . Of course, m any pi ctur es ar c not 39。 about39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur tai n m ateri al. I t hi nk t hat young chil dren of ten appreci ate m oder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not ice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not . She cam e int o m y r oom yest erday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。 m hangi ng thi s pi ctur e on the wal l,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I t39。 s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at i t cr it i cal y f or a m oment.39。 I t39。 s al l ri ght ,39。 she sai d, 39。 but i sn39。 t i t upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m i ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t ol d st or ies and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e ti me l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t tir ed s o they pet out t he fi re and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s wa y across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停车 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parki ng39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. I t i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 为时太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。 s gar den is l arger than Joe39。 s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 s garden i s more inter esti ng. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I l ike gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathe red under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。 It 39。 s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不适于演奏爵士乐 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d a。