【正文】 e war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r 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 passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten mont hs later , she r eceived a l eter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te t o each ot her regul arl y now. However , they have decided to use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next ye ar . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . 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 m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。 I t39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。Cer tainly, 39。Cer tainl y, 39。What a pi ty! 39。 I asked. 39。I t m ay have begun al r eady,39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。 I answered, 39。t ther e ! As I was looking f or it , the i n keeper came in. 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at tention to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a rem inder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner!39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend m e amp。I t39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. M y holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir tyseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Ti m. He is in Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong num bers 無錯(cuò)號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m iles f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car r ied t he f i rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has s ent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent m esages f rom one gar age to t he other. In this way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoi l my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi si ted m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr ith39。 tim e. Fi ft een m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m i nute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har ry St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car , I sai d good morni ng to hi m i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei the r of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, ver y slowl y, 39。 I sai d i n a we ak voice. 39。100 a year! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If