【正文】 Wel, 39。 The manager was ym pat hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。t r ealize one im port ant t hing. I 39。s per f orm ance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。M y dog had t aken it int o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 I answered, 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o ur cit y. This a No Parking ar ea. You wil enjoy your st ay here if you pay at tention t o ur st reet signs. This not e is only a r em inder. 39。Do you speak English?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up their tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they told st ories and sang songs by the camp fi re. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys felt tir ed so they pet out the fir e and crept into t heir t ent. Their sleeping bags wer e war m and fortable, so they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddle of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was f ull of water! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hurr ied out side. I t was raining heavily and they f ound that a st ream had f or med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the fi el d and then f lowed r ight under thei r t ent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rare people who beli eves i n ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wit h motorists. when he r et ur ns home at night , he al ways fi nds that someone has parked a car outside hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。I t39。. Of course, many pictures ar c not 39。 I re peated my questi on several times and at l ast he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 39。5o. 39。 I l ef t the money in my room,39。 my fr iends say.39。 I asked. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 The i nn keeper smil ed and i mmedi at el y went out. I n a f ew m inut es he returned wi th my bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking for it, t he i nkeeper came i n. 39。Don39。 s a smal Swiss aer oplane caled a 39。s al r ight,39。 she asked. 39。l soon lear n English! 39。Wel, 39。 The manager was ym pat hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。t r ealize one im port ant t hing. I 39。s per f orm ance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。M y dog had t aken it int o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 I answered, 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o ur cit y. This a No Parking ar ea. You wil enjoy your st ay here if you pay at tention t o ur st reet signs. This not e is only a r em inder. 39。Do you speak English?39。t int er upt, 39。Did you have a good m eal ?39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。What pit y! 39。Cer tainly, 39。 I t39。 I said, 39。I f ound t his out side t his gent leman39。I am af or eigner ,39。about 39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。 No Parking39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh himself! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me t hat Mr. Har mswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that business was ver y bad. He t ol d me that the f irm coul d not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest l ike this, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive years old. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young girl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. This ti me, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dres and l ong black stocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orange col oured dres. 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 tainly,39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。m not real y interest ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed in sit ting i n a boat and doing nothing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an airport and passi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was buil t during the war, but for some reason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however, i t came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom t heir homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left. Someti mes I think thi s house wil l be knocked down by a pasing plane. I have been offer ed a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr aveli ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper with her name and addres on it into a bottl e. She t hr ew the bott le into t he sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om a girl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a lit t1e mor e, but t hey wil l cer tainly t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She lives in Nigeria. In her let er , she said that she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We are now l iving in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore my si st er left . The house was pleted five mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I told her that she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many lar ge r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ve