【正文】 i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of s eventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If 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 t ai nly,39。I might as wel have t hem,39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dr iving m e mad. I live 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 hundr ed people m ust have been dri ven away f rom t hei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et im es I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l eter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l eter f rom my sist er yesterday. She l ives in Nigeri a. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wi l l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my l et er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el manager39。Everyone39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 he said. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each other , but I don39。 I 39。 she sai d, 39。 It 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。You39。 she said. 39。s not t her e now.39。 But t hey don39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 he sai d 39。Yes, t hank you,39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮 的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c poli ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t im e, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I drove on to the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I said good mor ning t o him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j ourney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly sai d, very sl owly, 39。所以，顧客保護自己的最好方式就是：進店后盡量少說話。對不同的顧客應該在把握好接近時機的基礎(chǔ)上采取不同的接待策略。 her m ot her a fr e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased befor e the gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ternoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and the gir l jum ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng the whole ni ght i n t he water. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, the gir l st ruggled up t he cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er fr om t he local pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked to cal at the stat ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by the pol ice, but he went t o t he st at ion yesterday and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st ation, he was tol d by a smi li ng pol iceman that his bi cycle had been found. Five days ago, the poli ceman t old hi m, the bi cycle was pi cked up in a smal l vi l age f our hundred m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bicycl e to be found. I t was st olen t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op thi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not regr et ted i t. He i s fi nding his new work far more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat for d S