【正文】 got into the car, I s ai 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 all . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬 有 禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky if he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes ver y poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 l esson18 He oft en does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 he sai d 39。 I said. 39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。ve sold out ,39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。Could I have t hose two ti cket s pl ease ?39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 But t hey don39。50 and I f el t ver y upset. 39。s not ther e now. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。 she said. 39。 l esson25 Do t he English speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ati on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I did not know t he way t o my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The por ter , however, could not under st and me。You39。about 39。 What are you doing ?39。 I answered. 39。 I t39。t it upsidedown ?39。t axi 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in t he Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request fr om a busi nessm an. The man want ed to f ly to Rockal, a l onel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o the m 。Pi latus Port er39。 No Parki ng39。 she said, 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。I am a f oreigner, 39。 I said to t he manager, 39。I found t his outside t his gentleman39。Ever yone39。 I said, 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto 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 determined to st ay her e . Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li 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 the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten mont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o ea ch ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has many large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。 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 recei ve a request l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve years ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor