【正文】 me amp。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows m or e f l ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im mediately. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He told me that the f ir m coul d not af fo r d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 If you r eceive a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act ress. She m ust be at least thi rt yf ive year s old. I n spi te of t his, she of ten appears on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wi l have to take par t in a new play soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a br ight, orangecoloured dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。Im sor ry, we39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor ry m e. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whol e m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。s l osing money t hese days, 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。but isn39。s. Bil l works harde r than Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im mediately. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G od news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He told me that the f ir m coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 If you r eceive a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act ress. She m ust be at least thi rt yf ive year s old. I n spi te of t his, she of ten appears on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wi l have to take par t in a new play soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a br ight, orangecoloured dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。Im sor ry, we39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor ry m e. Some fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whol e m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。s l osing money t hese days, 39。t her e is st il some honest y in this wor ld !39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。but isn39。 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 er! 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 som eone 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.