【正文】 bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside the door and now i t wasn39。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong place, atr af fic policeman wi l soon find it . You wil l be ver y lucky if he lets you go wit hout a t icket. However , this does not al ways happen. Traf ic police ar e sometimes very poli te. Duri ng a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car: 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wil l be stayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing this ti me, they wil give fi ve per formances. As usual , t he police wil l have a dif ficult time. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. I t i s always t he same on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence last year. Af ter I had left a smal vil age in t he south of France, I drove on to t he next town. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got i nt o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he r epli ed i n the same language. Apar t f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y reached t he t own, when the young m an suddenl y said, very slowly, 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcar ds always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to It al y. I visi ted museums and sat i n public gardens. A f ri endly waiter taught me a f ew wor ds of I talian. 39。 she said. 39。 I39。m st il having br eakf ast,39。 she said. 39。s raining again.39。. Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes tay in bed unti l unch Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dark outside. 39。 It39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The Lesson 1 A private conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heatre. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y interest ing. I did not enj oy i t. A young man and a young woman were sit ing behind me. They were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。 It 39。I might as wel have them,39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。What a pit y!39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。t i nt er rupt,39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsm out h t om or row. We shal l m et him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave m e t he m oney imm edi at el y. 39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The clock has topped!39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows m or e f lower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glas of ber. In r et ur n for t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t ol d m e about him. Everybody knows him . Hi s name is Percy But ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wait ing at t he air port al m or ning. They were expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di amond f rom Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t ol d the poli ce t hat thieves woul d t ry t o st eal t he di amonds. When the pl a ne ari ved, som e of t he det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on t he air fi el d. Two m en t ook the par cel of f t he plane and car ied it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves were keepi ng guar d at t he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To thei r sur pri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ul l of