Lesson 27 A wet night

As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.

這件事剛剛做完，他們就在篝火上燒起了飯。

Lesson 27 A wet night

They were all hungry and the food smelled good.

他們全都餓了，飯菜散發出陣陣香味。

Lesson 27 A wet night

After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.

他們美美地吃了一頓飯后，就圍在營火旁講起了故事，唱起了歌。

Lesson 27 A wet night

But some time later it began to rain.

但過了一陣子。天下起雨來，

Lesson 27 A wet night

The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.

于是他們撲滅了篝火，鉆進了帳篷。

Lesson 27 A wet night

Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly.

睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他們都睡得很香。

Lesson 27 A wet night

In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting.

午夜前后，有兩個孩子醒了，大聲叫了起來。

Lesson 27 A wet night

The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.

原來帳篷里到處都是水！他們全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。

Lesson 27 A wet night

It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.

雨下得很大，他們發現地上已經形成了一條小溪。

Lesson 27 A wet night

The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!

那小溪彎彎曲曲穿過田野，然后正好從他們的帳篷底下流過去。

Lesson 28 No parking

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.

賈斯珀。懷特是少有的相信古代神話的人之一。

Lesson 28 No parking

he has just bought a new house in the city,

他剛在城里買下一所新房子，

Lesson 28 No parking

but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.

但自從搬進去后，就和汽車及車主們發生了磨擦。

Lesson 28 No parking

When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.

當他夜里回到家時，總是發現有人把車停在他家大門外。

Lesson 28 No parking

Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.

為此，他甚至一次也沒能把自己的車開進車庫。

Lesson 28 No parking

Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect.

賈斯珀曾把幾塊“禁止停車”的牌子掛在大門外邊，但沒有任何效果。

Lesson 28 No parking

Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.

現在他把一個丑陋的石雕頭像放在了大門上邊，

Lesson 28 No parking

It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.

這是我見過的最丑陋的頭像之一。

Lesson 28 No parking

I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon.

我問他那是什么？他告訴我那是蛇發女怪美杜莎。

Lesson 28 No parking

jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.

賈斯珀希望她把汽車和車主們都變成石頭。

Lesson 28 No parking

But none of them has been turned to stone yet!

但到目前為止還沒有一個變成石頭呢！

Lesson 29 Taxi

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

本。弗西特機長買了一輛不同尋常的出租汽車，并開始了一項新的業務。

Lesson 29 Taxi

The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.

這輛“出租汽車”是一架小型瑞士飛機，叫“皮勒特斯。波特“號。

Lesson 29 Taxi

This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.

這架奇妙的飛機可以載7名乘客。

Lesson 29 Taxi

The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.

雪地上，水面上，甚至剛耕過的田里。

Lesson 29 Taxi

Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.

弗西特機長的第一名乘客是位醫生，他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區一個偏僻的村莊。

Lesson 29 Taxi

Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.

從那時開始，弗西特機長已經載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方。

Lesson 29 Taxi

Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.

一次，他把飛機降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上；還有一次，降落在了一個廢棄的停車場上。

Lesson 29 Taxi

Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.

弗西特機長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。

Lesson 29 Taxi

The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,

這個人想要飛往大西洋上的一個孤島 -- 羅卡爾島，