【正文】 s not t her e now.39。 But they don39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 he sai d 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon f ind it. You wil l be ver y lucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not always happen. Traf fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I found t his note on m y car :39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is a lways t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit he r of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busines, 39。 5o. 39。 I l eft t he m oney in m y r oom, 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 I asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 The i nn keeper smi l ed and im mediat el y went out . In a few m i nut es he r et ur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o m e. 39。t t here ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he inn keeper cam e i n. 39。Don39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。I t 39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he l ast day I m a de a bi g deci si on. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom , but I di d not writ e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust r ali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s worki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t he r e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s onl y f i ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has s ent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pri vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But tons 珀西m havi ng breakf ast ,39。I 39。What a day!39。I can39。 t he young m an sai d rudel y. 39。 I39。What are you doi ng ?39。s one o39。s. Bil l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not affor d to pay such lar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t hi 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 l east hir t y fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have t o t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year in another play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。Cer tai nl y, 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。m not real l y i nt er est ed in f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed in sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used then. Last year, however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Som etim es I t hi nk thi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m a