【正文】 I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。Cer t ainl y,39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or ni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l,39。but i sn39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s tha t i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。Cer tai nl y,39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed 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 pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r 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 determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her name and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . 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 m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t must be t he onl y modern house in t he dis tr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。Ever yone39。 I said t o the m anager, 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。 I 39。 she sai d, 39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。 he asked. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hing. I39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Wel, 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。 she asked. 39。s al l ri ght ,39。but i sn39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l,39。t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or ni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。s fi rst pasenger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bi rm ingham to a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh mountai ns. Sinc e t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man wa nted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球 還 是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t