【正文】 gDo you speak English?39。Don39。 Sir, we wele you to our city. This is a No Parking area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.39。 I answered, 39。 My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this.39。 39。Just then, a man hurried to the ticketoffice.Could I have those two tickets please ?39。I might as well have them,39。 It39。Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would e to England next year. If she es, she will get a surprise. We are now I left the money in my room,39。5o. 39。ll soon learn English!39。. Of course, many pictures arc not 39。I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 39。there is still some honesty in this world !39。s losing money these days,39。s office and sat down. I had just lost amp。You must give up fishing!39。s performance. the girl said.What a pity!39。May I have two tickets please ?39。The play may begin at any moment,39。m very sorry,39。 he asked. 39。My dear, it must be terrible to be grown up!39。Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求Mr. Harmsworth,39。I had an amusing experience last year.so now you can pay for my dinner!39。It39。s garden is larger than Joe39。The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others openedLesson 3 Please send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words ofm having breakfast,39。m ing to see you.39。 I thought. 39。 39。about39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。I found this outside this gentleman39。 I said, 39。 living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was pleted five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.s a waste of time.39。 I said sadly. I asked.39。I39。39。but I can39。 If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!t interrupt,39。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself!people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers39。I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer39。My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone 6 Percy Buttons 珀西 she said. 39。m still having breakfast,39。 Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.39。 the young man said rudely. 39。 The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it.t hear a word!39。It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 39。 she said. 39。 she asked. 39。clock!39。The Nicest Garden Competition39。On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes39。We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord(翼琴). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the livingroom. It has belong to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father39。I have never borrowed any money from you,39。clock so we shall have plenty of time. We shall see his boat and then we shall say goodbye to him. He will be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐t there ! As I was looking for it, the innkeeper came in. 39。 The innkeeper smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me. 39。Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完39。 the girl said.39。the girl said, 39。Lesson2