【正文】 came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det erm ined to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 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 rave li ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hr 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 et er f rom a gir l in Holland. Both gi rl s wr ite 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 et er f rom my si st er yesterday. She l ives i n Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next year . If she es, she wil 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 let 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 moder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。Ever yone39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 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。 I39。 she said, 39。 I t39。 What ar e you doing ?39。You39。 she sai d. 39。s not t her e now.39。 But they don39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。Can I r etur n these two ti ckets?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 old m e I would r eceive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and then we shal l say goodbye t o him. He wil l be away for two months. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e t om orr ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ain and most of the young people i n t he town wi l l be m et ing t hem at the stati on. Tomor row evening they wil l be si nging at the Workers39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d( 翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The i nst r um ent was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonderf ul meal , they t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p fi re. But som e ti me l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t tir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o the ir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was ful l of wat e r! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。I t 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。 I repeated 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。 5o. 39。 I lef t he money in my r oom,39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I sai d. 39。t got my bag.39。 lesson18 He of ten does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。 I said i n a we ak voice. 39。 Har y said, 39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d( 翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is k