【正文】 deci ded t o use t he post off i ce. Let t er s wil l cost a l it 1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f r om m y si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et t er , she said t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l i vi ng in a beauti f ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months 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 arge r oom s and t here i s a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he only m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 I sai d, 39。Ever yone39。I f ound t his outsi de t his gent l em an39。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。I am a f orei gner, 39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a di f er ent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。about39。 I 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 she sai d, 39。 No Par ki ng39。Pi l at us Port er 39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em ptati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when t he wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al l art icles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in t he shop and handed i t t o an assistant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possi ble. Then t he wom an sim pl y t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。 5o. 39。Wel ,39。 I repeat e d my question sever al ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。l l soon learn Engli sh! 39。. Of course, many pi ctur es ar c not 39。 she asked. 39。I t39。s al r ight, 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y a nd the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Their sl eping bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n t he m iddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t e nt was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f or m ed i n t he f i el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient m yt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that im e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。You m ust gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。s not there now.39。 he sai d. He st art ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。 she sai d. 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was bi g, black and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not underst and m e。You39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I t39。t i t upsi de down ?39。t axi 39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a desert