【正文】 and di d not move. We wait ed and waited, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 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 age inn, I looked for my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside t he door and now i t was n39。t got my bag.39。 I said. 39。ve sold out, 39。Could I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。You must gi ve up f ishi ng!39。 50 and I f el t ver y upset . 39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi r l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 （ 2）年平均營(yíng)業(yè)收入 1686萬(wàn)元 （ 3）年平均總成本 m e, 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir tyseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Ti m. He is in Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f 。把人放回荒漠中，讓人換一個(gè)地方去重新認(rèn)識(shí)自己，認(rèn)識(shí)大自然，并重新找到人與自然的適應(yīng)點(diǎn)，這也是國(guó)際旅游發(fā)展的一個(gè)熱點(diǎn)。Ever yone39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n f ishi ng. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dri ving m e mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur ing t he war, but for som e reason it coul d not be used t hen. 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 noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left . Sometim e s I think t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered 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 probably r ight. Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dream ed of r ecei vi ng a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age in 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 into a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bott le i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it again, 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 to each other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a lit t1e m or e, but t hey wi l l cert ainly tr avel faster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er f r om my si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she sai d t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a surpr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er, I tol d her t hat she coul d stay wi th us . The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st r i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。Cer tai nl y,39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。but I can39。 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 years ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , 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 lear nt , he was Engl i sh hi m sel f ! Leson 15 G ood 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 m e 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 urn had e. 39。 2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi ately. 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s one o39。s l osi ng money these days,39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al w