【正文】 af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。t inter rupt, 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 m ust appear in a bri ght r ed dr es and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answer s, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 Susan answered. 39。I 39。What a pit y!39。Cer t ai nly,39。Cer tai nl y, 39。I might as wel have t hem ,39。 It 39。m not r ea l ly i nterested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason it coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came into use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bottl e i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f r om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l l cer t ai nl y t r avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my 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 stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge rooms a nd t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。 I sai d, 39。Everyone39。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em an39。t hear a wor d!39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t hought. 39。 I39。m i ng to see you.39。 I sai d. 39。m havi ng br eakf ast , 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postc ards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a let er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om there, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pinhur st is only f ive m il es f r om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many requests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent mesages f r om one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But tons 珀西s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。I t 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has neve r borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Don39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。t t here ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, t he innkeeper came in. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 I asked. 39。 the gi r l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s perf ormance. 39。 my f r iends say.39。t r eal ize one impor tant thi ng. I 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。 5o.