【正文】 . I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 I f you recei ve a request 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。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 fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air 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 determined to st ay her e . Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten mont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o ea ch ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has many large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。Ever yone39。 I said to t he manager, 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。 I39。 she said, 39。Pi latus Port er39。t axi 39。 I t39。 What are you doing ?39。You39。 she said. 39。s not ther e now. 39。 But t hey don39。but t hey ar e 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! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬 有 禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky if he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes ver y poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot els, an i mm ense stadium, and a had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I s ai d good mor ni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at all . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever befor eespeci al l y i n l ar ge shops. A det ecti ve recent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e were f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew sm al ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses in t he shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as posi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。 No Par ki ng39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。about39。I am a f or ei gner ,39。I f ound t hi s outsi de t his gent l em an39。 I said, 39。 It 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。What a pi ty!39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。t i nt er upt ,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。 I answer ed, 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s per f orm ance. 39。t r eal ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I 39。 The m anager was sym pat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。Wel l, 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 she asked. 39。s al r i gh