【正文】 next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up f ishi ng!39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I felt very upset.39。s not there now. 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi r l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。 she 1 Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人談話 Last week I went to the 。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em an39。Everyone39。 I sai d, 39。m not r ea l ly i nterested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason it coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came into use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bottl e i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f r om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l l cer t ai nl y t r avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge rooms a nd t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。 It 39。I might as wel have t hem ,39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Cer t ai nly,39。What a pit y!39。I 39。 Susan answered. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear in a bri ght r ed dr es and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answer s, 39。t inter rupt, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old me that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was very bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 2. To m y surpri se, he gave me t he money immedi at ely. 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs . I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , someone had tol d the poli ce that thi eves would t ry to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whil e other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keeping guar d at he door , two ot hers opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious par cel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul garden i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。s one o39。 I r epeat ed. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。I t 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。s r oom 39。s l osing money these days, 39。and it 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。s a waste of t ime. 39。 I sa