【正文】 t he m oney i n m y room,39。t r eal ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I 39。 my f ri ends say.39。s per f orm ance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 The i nnkeeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he ret ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he i nnkeeper cam e i n. 39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。Don39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh him self! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went int o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busines was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not af fo r d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready l ef t. I knew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l i ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She m ust be at l east thir t y fi ve year s old. I n spit e of t hi s, she oft en appears on t he st age as a young gi rl. Jenni f er wi l have to t ake par t in a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gir l of sevent een. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dr ess and long bl ack stocki ngs. Last year i n anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecol our ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I 39。What a pi ty!39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。 It 39。m not r eal l y i nt er est ed i n f ishing. I am onl y i nter est ed i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dr i vi ng me m ad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r por t was bui lt duri ng t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundr ed peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left . Som etim es I thi nk t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasi ng pl ane. I have been of fer ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay her e. Everybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r i ght. Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol l and. Last year , we wer e tr avel i ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew t he bott l e i nt o the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten m ont hs l ater, she r eceived a l et t er f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir l s wri te t o ea ch ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f r om m y si st er yester day. She l i ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wil l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the count r y. Wor k on i t had begun befor e m y si st er l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m ont hs ago. In m y l et ter, I t ol d her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and t here i s a l ovel y gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di str ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el manager39。 I said, 39。Ever yone39。I f ound t hi s outsi de t his gent l em an39。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。I am a f or ei gner ,39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each m an speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each ot her, but I don39。about39。 I 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 she said, 39。 No Par ki ng39。Pil atus Port er39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever befor eespeci al l y i n l ar ge shops. A det ecti ve recent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e were f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew sm al ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses in t he shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as posi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na is onl y fourt een year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d recor d. She is a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot els, an i mm ense stadium, and a had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south 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