【正文】 cky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af f ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound this note on my car: 39。 Si r, we wele you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot fai l t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She m ust be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of t his, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or ange colour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up!39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i n keeper cam e in. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, thank you, 39。 I answered, 39。but I can39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。t got my bag.39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。I 39。m ver y sorr y, 39。 he said 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten doe s thi s. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m om ent ,39。 I sai d. 39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。 I asked. 39。Im sorr y, we39。ve sol d out, 39。 t he gir l said. 39。What a pi ty! 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a m an hur ri ed to the t icket of fi ce. 39。Can I r etur n these two tickets?39。 he asked. 39。Cer tainl y, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。Coul d I have those two t ickets pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。Cer tainl y, 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。s per for mance. 39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú) 坐孤舟 Fishing is my favour it e spor t. I of ten f is h for hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men are unlucky. I nstead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I always go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 It 39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 But t hey don39。t r eal ize one im por tant thing. I39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason it coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am deter mined t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t int o a bott le. She threw the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egular ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wi l l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She li ves in Ni ger ia. I n her l et er , she said t hat she would e to England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my sist er l eft . The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In my let ter, I t ol d her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. It must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he could do not hing. 39。Everyone39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 he said. He star ted to pl ain about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound this out si de this gentl em an39。s room39。 she said. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。there is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car eful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under stand me。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl