【正文】 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s per for mance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。 I answer ed, 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。t axi 39。 It 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。You39。 she sai d. 39。s not there now. 39。 But they don39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。Can I r eturn these two t ickets?39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 he sai d 39。Yes, t hank you,39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you park your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very l ucky if he l et s you go wit hout a t icket. However, thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes very poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on my car :39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s ti me, they wi l gi ve f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult t im e. They wil l be t r yi ng t o keep or der. I t i s always the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good morni ng to hi m i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei the r of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, very slowl y, 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every time. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。 I answer ed, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s per for mance. 39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Wel l,39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 she asked. 39。s al r ight, 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediatel y. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af ord to pay such large salar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr es and l ong bl ack st ockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bri ght, orange coloured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已 售完 39。I 39。Cer tainl y, 39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shing. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away fr om t hei r homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of money t o go away, but I am deter mined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gir ls wr it e to each other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of f ice. Let ters wi l cost a li t1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f aster .