【正文】 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 i t looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he di st r i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。Cer tai nl y,39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。but I can39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecolour ed dres. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Le son 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ford to pay such large salar ies. Twent y people had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 2. To my surpri se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。 No Parking39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。about39。I am a f or eigner,39。I found t hi s out si de t hi s gent leman39。 I sai d, 39。 It 39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。What a pi t y!39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 The i n keeper smi led and im mediat el y went out. I n a f ew m inutes he r et ur ned wi th m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he i nnkeeper cam e i n. 39。Don39。so now you can pay for m y di nner !39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wil l give f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f i cult t im e. They wi l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year. Aft er I had l eft a smal vi l age i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when the young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n t he wr ong place, a t r af fi c pol icem an wil l soon f i nd it. You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he l ets you go wi t hout a ti cket . However , t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y polit e. Duri ng a hol i day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on m y car:39。Yes, t hank you,39。 My dog had t aken it i nt o t he garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。t r eal i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。 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 r ight,39。 i s a smal Swi s aeroplane cal ed a 39。so now you can pay f or my di nner! 39。Don39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。 The i nn keeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。 I l eft t he money i n m y room, 39。5o. 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。I t39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , t hey told st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddl e of the night , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h motor ists. when he ret ur ns home at ni ght, he always f i nds t hat someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at the sam e t abl e. He ha s never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat i ng, I asked him t o lend me amp。Do you speak Engl ish