【正文】 I haven39。The play m ay begi n at any moment, 39。m sor y, we39。 t he girl sai d. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y favouri te sport. I oft en fi sh f or hour s wit hout cat ching anything. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, they cat ch ol d boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Aft er havi ng spent whole mornings on t he ri ver, I always go home wit h an empty bag. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s l osing m oney these days, 39。t her e i s sti l some honest y i n t his worl d !39。t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pictures. Many peopl e pr et end that t hey under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pi ct ure is 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ct ur e on t he wal l, 39。but isn39。t i nt er rupt,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。 I looked at it again. She was r ight ! I t was! Leson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the afternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middle of a f ield. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , t hey told stori es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began t o rain. The boys feltt he pol ice wil have a di f icul t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak English? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusing experience l ast year. Aft er I had l ef t a smal l vi lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lif t. As soon as he had got into t he car , I sai d good morning to him i n French and he repl ied in t he same l anguage. Apart fr om a few words, I do not know any French at al . Neit her of us spoke during the journey. I had nea rly r eached the town, when t he young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。It 39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。 I repeat ed my questi on several t imes and at l ast he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neit her slowly nor clearl y. 39。5o. 39。 I l eft t he money i n m y room, 39。 m y f ri ends say.39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediat el y went out. I n a few m i nutes he r et ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to me. 39。t ther e ! As I was looki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper cam e i n. 39。Don39。 she said, 39。 I39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a di f er ent language. The English understand each other , but I don39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。Everyone39。m not r eal y interest ed in f ishing. 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？ Aeropl anes are slowly dri vi ng me mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be heard night and day. The air por t was buil t duri ng t he war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however , i t came into use. Over a hundred people must have been dr iven away f rom t heir homes by the noise. I am one of the few peopl e left . Somet imes I t hi nk t hi s house wil l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money t o go away, but I am determi ned to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng a cr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it into a bot tl e. She thr ew t he bott le into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten months later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om agi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egula rly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a lit t1e mor e, but t hey wil cer tainly t ravel faster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om my sist er yesterday. She l ives in Ni ger ia. I n her leter, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beauti ful new house in the country. Work on it had begun befor e my si ter left. The house was pl et ed f ive months ago. In my let er , I t ol d her that she could stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovely garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It must be t he only modern house in t he di st r i ct . Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hotel manager39。I might as wel l have them,39。Cer tai nly,39。I 39。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。but I can39。 I f you receive a request l ike this, you cannot f ai l t o obey it! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actress. She must be at least thir tyfi ve year s ol d. In spite of this, she oft en appears on the stage as a young gi rl. Jennifer wil have to t ake par t i n a new play soon. This time, she wil l be agi rl of sevent en. I n the pl ay, she must appear in a bright r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she al ways answer s, 39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh himself! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me t hat Mr. Har mswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He d