【正文】 Don39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。I t 39。there is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wi t hout cat ching anyt hing. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men a re unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, they cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。m sor ry, we39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to be gr own up!39。Mr. Har mswort h, 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f rom you,39。s gar den is mor e i nt eresting. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gat her ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。Wel ,39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hing. 39。t real i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。s per f or mance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had taken it i nt o t he gar den. He of t en does t hi s.39。 I answer ed, 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bil l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m or e f lower s 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 l ear nt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h woul d see m e. I f el t ver y ner vous when. I went int o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not af for d t o pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready l ef t. I knew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l i ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east thir t y fi ve year s ol d. I n 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 part i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear i n a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl a y, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 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 r eal l y int er est ed i n f ishi ng . I am onl y i nter est ed i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng m e m ad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r port was buil t duri ng the war, but f or some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e m ust have been dr i ven away f rom t heir homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I t hi nk t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay her e. Everybody says I m ust be m ad and they ar e pr obabl y ri ght . Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei vi ng a l et t er f r om a gi rl of her own age in Hol l and. Last year , we wer e tr avel i ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bott le. She thr ew t he bott l e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten m ont hs l ater, she r eceived a l et t er f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir l s wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e 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 ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr i se. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house i n t he count r y. Work on i t had begun bef or e my si st er l eft. The house was pl eted f ive m ont hs ago. In m y l et ter, I t ol d her t hat she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a l ovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。Everyone39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I said in a weak voi ce. 39。 lesson18