【正文】 d the hot el manager 39。 I t39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。Cer tainl y, 39。Cer tai nl y,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 must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecolour ed dres. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。t int er r upt ,39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Le son 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ford to pay such large salar ies. Twent y people had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port smout h t omorr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in t he m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l is a famous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At l ant ic many t im es. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 2. To my surpri se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。Pil atus Port er 39。 No Parking39。 she sai d, 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I 39。about39。 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 other, but I don39。I am a f or eigner,39。 I sai d t o t he m anager, 39。I found t hi s out si de t hi s gent leman39。Ever yone39。 I sai d, 39。m not r eal l y int er est ed i n f ishi ng. I am onl y int er est ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but for som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however , i t cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e m ust have been dr i ven away f r om t heir homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et im es I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am determ i ned t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are 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 fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr es on i t 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 t en m ont hs lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f r om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar l y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off i ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ainl y tr avel f aster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yest er day. She li ves in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next year . If she c om es, she wil l get a sur pr i se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beaut if ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y si ster left . The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l ar ge r oom s and t her e i s a l ovel y gar den. I t is a ver y m odern house, so i t l ooks st range t o som e people. It m ust be t he onl y m odern house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed t he hotel manager39。 It 39。I m i ght as wel have them ,39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。Cer t ai nl y,39。What a pi t y!39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 The i n keeper smi led and im mediat el y went out. I n a f ew m inutes he r et ur ned wi th m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 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 cit y. Thi s is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent i on t o our st r et si gns. This not e is onl y a r emi nder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay for m y di nner !39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at the sam e t abl e. He ha s never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat i ng, I asked him t o lend me amp。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wil l give f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f i cult t im e. They wi l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year. Aft er I had l eft a smal vi l age i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apart f r om a f e