【正文】 。 The inn keeper smi led and immediat el y went out. I n a few m i nutes he r et ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to me. 39。I 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 he said 39。 My dog had taken it int o t he garden. He oft en does t hi s.39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。The play m ay begi n at any moment, 39。 I sai d. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I hur ied to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sorr y, we39。ve sold out ,39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。What a pit y!39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a man hur ri ed t o t he t icket of fi ce. 39。Can I r et ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。 he asked. 39。Cert ai nl y,39。 t he girl sai d. 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。t he girl sai d, 39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。s perf ormance. 39。I mi ght as wel have them,39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y favourit e sport. I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat ching anything. But t hi s does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nstead of cat ching fi sh, t hey cat ch old boot s and rubbi sh. I am even less l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Aft er having spent whol e m or ni ngs on the ri ver, I al ways go hom e wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up f ishing!39。 my fr iends say.39。 It39。s a wast e of t ime.39。 But they don39。t r eali ze one i mpor tant thing. I 39。m not real ly interest ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed in sit ting i n a boat and doing nothing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an airport and passi ng pl anes can be heard night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war, but f or some r eason it could not be used then. Last year , however, it came into use. Over a hundr ed people must have been driven away fr om thei r homes by the noi se. I am one of the few people left . Somet imes I t hink this house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fered a lar ge sum of money t o go away, but I am determi ned to stay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e pr obabl y right. Leson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of recei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holland. Last year , we were t ravel ing across t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bott le. She threw the bot tle i nt o the sea. She never thought of it agai n, but ten months later, she recei ved a leter fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egul ar ly now. However, they have decided to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om my si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she said t hat she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We ar e now livi ng i n a beauti ful new house in the count ry. Work on it had begun before my sister lef t. The house was pl et ed f ive months ago. I n my let er , I told her t hat she could stay with us. The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e i s a lovely garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks str ange to some people. It must be t he onl y modern house in the distri ct . Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hotel manager39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I left the money in my r oom, 39。 I said, 39。and i t39。s not there now. 39。 The manager was sympat heti c, but he could do nothing. 39。Everyone39。s losi ng money t hese days,39。 he said. He started to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I found this outsi de t hi s gentleman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel, 39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。t her e i s st il some honest y in this worl d !39。 l esson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ari ved in London at l ast. The r ai lway stati on was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way t o my hotel, so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English ver y carefull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel. The port er , however, could not understand me。 I r epeat ed my question sever al ti mes and at last he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clear ly. 39。I am a f or ei gner,39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。You39。l l soon lear n English!39。 he sai d. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engli sh ? leson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pictur es. Many peopl e pr et end that hey understand moder n ar t. They al ways tel you wh at a picture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。about39。 anything. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we like prety curtain materi al . I t hi nk t hat young chi ldren often appreciate modern pictures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways tel s me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。 I answer ed. 39。It 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She looked at i t cri ti caly f or a moment .39。 It39。s al r ight ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight ! I t was! Leson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the afternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middle of a f ield. As soon as t