【正文】 hey were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。 It39。. Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes tay in bed unti l unch Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dark outside. 39。s raining again.39。 she said. 39。m st il having breakfast,39。 I39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o It al y. I vi sit ed m useum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It ali an. 39。 each year , but Joe wins ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。 Har y said, 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for f ive days. During thi s t ime, t hey wil l give f ive perf or mances. As usual, the poli ce wi l have a dif fi cult ti me. They wi l be t rying to keep order . I t is al ways the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Aft er I had left a smal l vil lage i n the sout h of France, I drove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As oon as he had got into the car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him in French and he replied in t he same l anguage. Apart f rom a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had nearl y reached t he town, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y slowly, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in the wrong pl ace, a tr af fi c poli ceman wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very lucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ticket . However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I found t hi s note on m y car: 39。 leson18 H e oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vi lage i nn, I looked for m y bag. I had l ef t i t on a chair beside the door and now i t wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 My dog had taken it into t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。 I asked. 39。What a pit y! 39。Certainly,39。Cert ai nl y, 39。I mi ght as wel have them, 39。 It 39。m not real ly int er ested in fi shing. I am onl y interest ed i n si ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are sl owl y dr iving me mad. I live near an air port and pasing pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai rport was bui lt dur ing the war , but f or som e r eason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came into use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the few people l ef t. Sometimes I think this house wi l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of money to go away, but I am det er mined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e travel ling acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She threw the bot tle i nt o the sea. She never thought of i t agai n, but t en mont hs l at er , she received a l et ter f rom a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her regularl y now. However , t hey have decided t o use the postof fice. Leters wi l cost a li t 1e more, but they wi l cert ai nl y travel faster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She lives in Nigeria. In her let er , she said that she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We are now l iving in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore my si st er left . The house was pleted five mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I told her that she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many lar ge r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a very moder n house, so it looks strange t o some peopl e. I t must be the only moder n house i n the di st rict. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hot el manager 39。 I said, 39。Ever yone39。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em a n39。t hear awor d!39。 the young man sai d rudely. 39。 I thought. 39。 I39。m ing to se you. 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I r epeat ed.39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved to a house i n Bridge St reet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a gl ass of beer. In r et ur n for this, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the food and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about him. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy But tons. He cals at ever y house i n the st reet once a month and al ways asks f or a meal and a glas of beer . Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was late and detect ives were wait ng at the ai rpor t al l morning. They wer e xpecting a val uabl e parcel of di amond fr om South Af rica. A few hours ear li er , someone had told the pol ice that thieves woul d try t o st eal the di amonds. When the plane ar ived, some of t he det ecti ves wer e wai ting inside the mai n buil di ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on t he air field. Two men took the