【正文】 she said, 39。 I 39。 he said. I wonder . I n England, each m an speaks a dif f er ent language. The English underst and each ot her , but I don39。 I said t o the m anager , 39。Ever yone39。m not r ealy inter est ed in fishing. I am only int erested in sit ting in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowly driving m e m ad. I live near an air port and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was built during the war , but f or som e r eason it could not be used then. Last year , however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f rom t heir hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som etim es I think this house wil be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm ined t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obably right . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceiving a let ter fr om a gir l of her own age in Holand. Last year , we wer e tr aveling across t he Chanel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it int o a bot le. She t hr ew t he botle int o the sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten m ont hs lat er , she received a let er f r om a gir l in Holand. Both gir ls wr it e t o each ot her regular ly now. However, t hey have decided t o use the post ofice. Let ers wil cost a lit t 1e mor e, but they wil cer t ainly tr avel faster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om my sist er yest er day. She lives in Niger ia. In her let ter , she said that she would e to England next year . If she es, she wil get a surpr ise. We are now living in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun before my sist er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my let er, I told her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a ver y m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o some people. It must be the only modern house in the dist r ict. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。I m ight as wel have them, 39。Cer t ainly, 39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 I answered, 39。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. This is a No Par king ar ea. You wil enjoy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our str et signs. This note is only a rem inder. 39。Do you speak English?39。s of fice year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always bor ows m oney fr om his fr iends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the same t able. He has never bor rowed m oney fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend m e amp。s gar den is lar ger than Joe39。s al r ight, 39。 she asked. 39。l soon lear n English! 39。Wel, 39。 The m anager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。t realize one im por tant thing. I39。s per form ance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had taken it int o t he garden. He oft en does this.39。Yes, t hank you, 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in the wr ong place, a tr af ic policem an wil soon find it . You wil be ver y lucky if he let s you go wit hout a ticket . However , this does not always happen. Tr af ic police are som et im es ver y polit e. Dur ing a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on m y car: 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil be staying f or five days. Dur ing this tim e, they wil give f ive per for mances. As usual, the police wil have a dif ficult t im e. They wil be t rying to keep or der . It is always th e same on these occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusing experience last year . Aft er I had lef t a smal vilage in t he sout h of France, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved t o me. I stopped and he asked me f or a lif t . As soon as he had got into the car, I said good m or ning t o him in French and he r eplied in t he sam e language. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had near ly r eached t he town, when t he young m an suddenly said, very slowly, 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r estaurant when Har ry St eele came in. Har r y wor ked in a lawyer 39。 each year, but Joe wins ever y tim e. Bil Fr it h39。s gar den is lar ger than Joe39。s of fice year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always bor ows m oney fr om his fr iends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the same t able. He has never bor rowed m oney fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend m e amp。Do you speak English?39。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. This is a No Par king ar ea. You wil enjoy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our str et signs. This note is only a rem inder. 39。 I answered, 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。Cer t ainly, 39。I m ight as wel have them, 39。m not r ealy inter est ed in fishing. I am only int erested in sit ting in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowly driving m e m ad. I live near an air port and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was built during the war , but f or som e r eason it could not be used then. Last year , however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f rom t heir hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som etim es I think this house wil be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm ined t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obably right . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceiving a let ter fr om a gir l of her own a