【正文】 t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he inn keeper came i n. 39。Did you have a good meal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, thank you, 39。 I answer ed, 39。but I can39。t pay the bil l. I haven39。t got m y 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 does 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 m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f i sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole mor nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home wit h an empty bag. 39。You must give up f i shi ng!39。 my fr iends say.39。 It 39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。 But t hey don39。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。m not r eal ly inter ested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ting in a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeropl anes are slowl y dr iving m e mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur ing t he war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , i t cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away fr om their homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of money t o 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 r i ght . Lesson22 A glass envelope 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 across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bottl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er , she r ecei ved a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Leter s wil l cost a l it 1e mor e, but they wi l cer t ai nly t ravel f ast er. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I told her t hat she could st ay wi th us. The house has m any large r ooms and there i s a l ovel y gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o some peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。 I said, 39。and i t39。s not ther e now. 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s losi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He start ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。t here i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear l y. 39。I am a f or eigner, 39。 I sa id. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n England, eac h man speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ctures. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey underst and m oder n art . They always t el you what a pi cture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pictur es ar c not 39。about39。 anything. They ar e j ust pret ty pat er ns. We l ike them in t he sam e way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain m ateri al . I think that young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ctures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways t el s me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I