【正文】 es. Many people pr et end t hat t hey under st and modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not understand hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke t hat! The por ter and I l ooked at each other and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under stood it . 39。t her e i s st il some honest y i n thi s worl d !39。s r oom39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。and it39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。s a wast e of t im e. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y me. Som e f isher men ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just hen, a m an hur ri ed t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment,39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hir tyfive years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of t en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of sevent en. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs . Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。t i nt er r upt, 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engli sh hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d m e t hat Mr . Harm swor t h woul d see me. I felt ver y ner vous when. I went int o hi s of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi nes was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat the f ir m coul d not af for d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al r eady l ef t. I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順 風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmout h t omorr ow. We shal m et him at he harbour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsail i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 2. To m y sur pr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi atel y. 39。bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong t im e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y gr andf ather m any year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si t or. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。I have never borr owed any m oney f r om you, 39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye t o hi m. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wil l be meet i ng t hem at t he st at ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。Mr. Har mswort h,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d m e I woul d r ecei ve an ext ra amp。My dear, it m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 he asked. 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he sai d 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。ve sol d out,39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up fi s hi ng!39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I f elt very upset .39。s not t here now.39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked worl d but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 she sai d. 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl i sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved i n London at last. The r ai l way st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not underst and m e。You39。about 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It39。t it upsi de down ?39。taxi 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來(lái) I was having di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual, the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep or de r. It i s always the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a smal vil lage in t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man