【正文】 At lant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present , they are visit ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar iving her e t om or row. They wi l be ing by t rain and most of the young people i n the town wil be meti ng t hem at the st ati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil l be singi ng at the Worker s39。 he Sai d. Then he smi le d and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。 he asked. 39。 he sai d 39。May I have t wo ticket s please ?39。 he asked. 39。s per formance. 39。t r eali ze one impor tant t hi ng. I39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he coul d do nothing. 39。Wel l,39。l l soon lear n English!39。 she asked. 39。s al r ight ,39。 is a smal l Swiss aeroplane cal l ed a 39。 signs out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat it was Medusa, the Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s to st one. But none of them has been turned to stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 She l ooked at i t cri ticaly f or a moment .39。 anyt hing. They are just pret y pat er ns. We like them in t he sam e way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain material. I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e moder n pictures beter than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my r oom yesterday. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke slowly, but I coul d not under st and him. My teacher never spoke Engl i sh l ike that ! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said something and I understood i t. 39。s room39。and it 39。s a waste of time.39。t he gir l said, 39。 Susan exclaimed. Just hen, a man hur ri ed t o the ticket offi ce. 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 The innkeeper smiled and i mmediately went out . I n a few mi nutes he r et ur ned wit h my bag and gave i t back to me. 39。t t here ! As I was looki ng f or i t, the inn keeper came in. 39。Don39。so now you can pay f or my dinner !39。I t39。Pi l at us Por t er 39。 she said, 39。 I 39。 he sai d. I wonder . In England, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。 I said t o the manager, 39。Ever yone39。m not r ealy i nter ested in f ishi ng. I am only i nt er ested in sit ing in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are slowly dri vi ng me mad. I li ve near an ai rpor t and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was buil t during the war, but for some reason it could not be used t hen. Last year , however , it came into use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away fr om thei r homes by the noi se. I am one of the few people left . Somet imes I t hi nk this house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been off ered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am determi ned to stay her e. Everybody says I m ust be mad and they ar e pr obabl y right. Leson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of recei vi ng a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age in Holland. Last year , we were t ravel ing across t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bott le. She threw the bot tle i nt o the sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months l at er , she received a l et ter f rom a gir l in Holland. Bot h gi rl s wr it e to each ot her regul ar ly now. However , t hey have decided t o use the post of fice. Leters wi l cost a l it 1e more, but they wi l cert ai nl y tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter from my si ter yest er day. She li ves in Nigeria. In her l et t er , she said that she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We are now l iving in a beaut if ul new house in t he countr y. Work on i t had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted five mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I told her that she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovel y garden. I t i s a very modern house, so it looks strange t o some peopl e. It must be the only moder n house i n the di str ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hot el manager 39。I might as wel l have them,39。Cer tai nly,39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had taken it i nt o the garden. He of ten does this. 39。Yes, thank you,39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong place, a tr af fic policeman wi l soon f ind it . You wil l be ver y lucky if he lets you go wit hout a t icket. However , t hi s does not always happen. Traf ic pol ice ar e somet imes very polit e. Duri ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I found this note on my car: 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil be st aying for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s time, they wi l gi ve f ive perf ormances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep or der. It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence l ast year. Af ter I had l ef t a smal vi l age in t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next town. On t he way, ayoung m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked me f or ali ft. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I said good morning t o him in French and he r epli ed i n t he sam e l anguage. Apar t f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y reached t he t own, when the young m an suddenly sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r estaur ant when Hary St ele came i n. Har ry worked in a lawyer 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y time. Bil Fri th39。s gar den is more inter esti