【正文】 s al r i ght, 39。 she asked. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。Wel l,39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s only f ourt een years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecord. She is a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。Pil atus Port er 39。 she sai d, 39。 I39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。 I said to t he manager , 39。Ever yone39。s f at her wi l l set out wi t h her i n a sm al l boat . Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daught er f or year s. Tom or r ow he wi l l be wat c hi ng her anxi ousl y as she swi m s t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. 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 m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r 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 nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er f rom my si st er yesterday. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my l eter , I told her t hat she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has m any large r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o some peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。. This wonder ful plane can car r y seven passenger s. The most sur pri si ng thi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f iel d. Captai n Fawcet t39。but i sn39。m hanging t hi s pict ur e on t he wal, 39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t student and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ur e i s 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。s losi ng money these days,39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s not t her e now. 39。 she said. 39。You39。 What are you doing ?39。 I t39。t axi 39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a st orm . Towar ds evening, the boat st r uck a rock and the gi rl jum ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e night in t he water. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a dist ance of eight mil es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was high up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri ving at the shore, the gir l st ruggled up the cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. Tha t was al l she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself i n hospi tal. Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f rom the l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at he stati on. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest erday and now he is not wor ri ed any more. At the stat ion, he was told by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , the bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi l e ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regr et ed it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat for d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted quickl y and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。and i t39。s r oom39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i