【正文】 she said, 39。 I39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent l anguage. The English understand each ot her , but I don39。 I said to t he manager , 39。Ever yone39。m not real y int er est ed in f ishing. I am only inter est ed in sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night 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 m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the nois e. 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 must 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 across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her name and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr e w 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 t o each other r egular ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wi l l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f aster . 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. I n her l eter , she said t hat she would e to England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the count r y. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t. The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m odern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y moder n house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。I mi ght as wel have them, 39。Cert ainly, 39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。but I can39。 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 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. Jenni f er 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 i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br i ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answer s, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was English hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t old me that Mr . Har mswor th woul d see me. I f elt ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was very bad. He t ol d me that he fi rm could not af ord t o pay such l arge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr e ady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me the money im mediately. 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。t axi 39。 It39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。You39。 she sai d. 39。s not t her e now.39。 But they don39。but they are for next Wednesday39。Can I r etur n these two tickets?39。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。m ver y sorr y, 39。 he asked. 39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruc k t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, t he clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 Har ry said, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 l esson18 He oft en does this! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。t got my bag.39。 I sai d. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I asked. 39。 m y fr iends say.39。 I lef t the money i n my r oom,39。 5o. 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neither slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ures arc not 39。I