【正文】 wil be a gir l of sevent een. I n t he play, she m ust appear in a br ight r ed dr ess and long black st ockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or ange colour ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English him self ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t old m e t hat Mr . Har mswor th would see m e. I f elt very ner vous when. Iwent int o his of f ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I ent ered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat business was very bad. He t old m e t hat he f ir m could not af f or d t o pay such lar ge salar ies. Twenty people had alr eady lef t. Iknew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。2. To m y sur prise, he gave me t he money immediately. 39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han J oe and gr ows m ore f lower s and veget ables, but J oe39。s one o39。clock! 39。s gar den is m or e int eresting. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. Ilike gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d wor k. Every year I ent er f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always win a lit t le pr ize f or t he wor st gar den in t he t own! Lesson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of people had gather ed under t he Town Hal clock. I t would st r ike t welve in t went y m inut es39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。M r . Har mswort h,39。M y dear , it m ust be t er rible t o be gr own up! 39。t pay t he bil. I haven39。The play m ay begin at any moment ,39。m sor r y, we39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I said sadly. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú) 坐孤舟 Fishing is m y f avour it e spor t. I oft en fish f or hours wit hout catching anything. But t his does not wor r y me. Some f isher men ar e unlucky. Inst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even less lucky. I never cat ch anyt hing not even old boot s. Af t er having spent whole m or nings on t he r iver, I always go home wit h an em pty bag. 39。s of ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。s one o39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han J oe and gr ows m ore f lower s and veget ables, but J oe39。2. To m y sur prise, he gave me t he money immediately. 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English him self ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t old m e t hat Mr . Har mswor th would see m e. I f elt very ner vous when. Iwent int o his of f ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I ent ered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat business was very bad. He t old m e t hat he f ir m could not af f or d t o pay such lar ge salar ies. Twenty people had alr eady lef t. Iknew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。 I f you receive a r equest like t his, you cannot f ail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt J ennif er is an act r ess. She m ust be at least t hir t yf ive year s old. In spit e of t his, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. J ennif er wil have t o t ake par t in a new play soon. This t im e, she wil be a gir l of sevent een. I n t he play, she m ust appear in a br ight r ed dr ess and long black st ockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or ange colour ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。Cer tainly, 39。I m ight as well have t hem ,39。m not r ealy int er est ed in f ishing. I am only int erested in sit t ing in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 M ad or not ? 是 不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowly dr iving me mad. I live near an air por t and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was built dur ing t he war , but f or some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came int o use. Over a hundred people m ust have been dr iven away f rom t heir hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people lef t. Somet imes I t hink t his house wil be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am deter mined t o stay her e. Everybody says Im ust be m ad and t hey ar e probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 M y daught er , J ane, never dr eamed of r eceiving a let t er f r om a gir l of her own age in Holand. Last year, we wer e t r avelling acr oss t he Channel and J ane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it int o a bot t le. She t hr ew t he bot le int o t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but t en months lat er , she r eceived a let t er f r om a gir l in Holand. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egular ly now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of ice. Let ter s wil cost a lit t 1e m or e, but t hey wil cer t ainly t r avel f aster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter f rom my sist er yester day. She lives in Niger ia. I n her let t er, she said t hat she would e t o England next year . I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We ar e now living in a beaut if ul new house in t he count r y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed f ive mont hs ago. I n m y let ter , I t old her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has many lar ge r ooms and t here is a lovely gar den. It is a ver y m oder n house, so it looks st r ange t o some people. I t must be t he only m odern house in t he dist rict . Lesson24 I t could be wor se 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。Ever yone39。Do you always get up so lat e ? I t39。clock! 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about t his wicked wor ld but was int err upted by a knock at he door . A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ained amp。50 and I f elt very upset. 39。You m ust give up f is hing! 39。Could I have t hose t wo t ickets please ?39。v