【正文】 address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.Lesson 23 One man in a boatt got my bag. ’The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.‘I39。 A polite request The Greenwood Boyss office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. ‘I have never borrowed any money from you, ’ Tony said, ‘so now you can pay for my dinner!’Lesson 12 冷遇On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes39。 Too late 寄張明信片Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirtyseven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!Lesson 4ve just arrived by train, ’ she said. ‘I39。t hear a word!’ I said angrily.‘It39。m having breakfast, ’ I repeated.‘Dear me, ’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It39。 No wrong numbers 最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for‘The Nicest Garden Competition’each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith39。 Not for jazzll meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。 Do you speak English? 青春常駐My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirtyfive years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orangecoloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, ‘Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!’Lesson 18 票已售完The play may begin at any moment, ’ I said.‘It may have begun already, ’ Susan answered.I hurried to the ticket office. ‘May I have two tickets please?’I asked.‘I39。t realize one important thing. I39。 It could be worse講的是英語嗎？I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. ‘I am a foreigner, ’ I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. ‘You39。t it upside down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It was!Lesson 27 Football or polo？ 購物變得很方便People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, So it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her girl ‘gave’ her mother a tree dress once a week!Lesson 33 Across the Channel time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympicstandard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special rail way line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called ‘Olympic City’. Workers will have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.Lesson 38 Do you call that a hat? Not very musical 穿過森林Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a piic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran1