【正文】 parcel off t he plane and car ied it into t he Cust oms House. Whi le two det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened the parcel. To thei r sur prise, t he preci ous par cel was full of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beaut iful gar den in our t own. Nearl y ever ybody enters for 39。s. Bi l wor ks harder than Joe and grows mor e fl owers and vegetabl es, but Joe39。s two minutes past twelve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mmediately. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captain Charles Ali son, wil l sail fr om Port smouth tomorr ow. We shal meet him at the harbour ear ly i n the mor ni ng. He wil be in his smal boat, Topsai is a famous li tl e boat. It has sail ed across the Atl anti c many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engl ish hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told m e t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nto his of fi ce. He did not look up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me that he f ir m could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew t hat m y turn had e. 39。t inter upt, 39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest l ike this, you cannot f ai l t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive year s ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young gi rl. Jennif er wil l have t o t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This tim e, she wil l be agirl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear in a bri ght red dr ess and l ong bl ack st ockings. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange coloured dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。but I can39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。ve sold out ,39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。Coul d I have t hose two ti ckets pl ease ?39。but t hey are for next Wednesday39。You must give up f ishi ng!39。 But they don39。50 and I f el t very upset .39。s not there now. 39。 he sai d. He star ted to pl ai n about this wicked worl d but was i nt er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. 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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。 It 39。I mi ght as wel have them, 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Certainly,39。What a pit y! 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。 My dog had taken it into t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。t got m y bag. 39。Yes, t hank you,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。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If yo