【正文】 hi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing the war , but for some reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I think this house wil be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of money to go away, but I am det er mined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably 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 ling acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it into a bot tle. She thr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten months later, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She l ives i n Niger ia. I n her let er , she sai d that she would e t o England next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng in a beaut if ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I t ol d her that she coul d stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y mode rn house, so it looks st range t o some peopl e. It must be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I entered the hot el manager39。I might as wel have them,39。Cert ai nl y, 39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 I answered, 39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at tent ion to our street signs. Thi s note is only a reminder .39。Do you speak English?39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now working at a bank. He gets agood salary, but he always borr ows money fr om his fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o lend me amp。gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having dinner at a r estaur ant when Har ry Steele came in. Har ry worked in a lawyer39。 Cl ub. The Gr enwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wi l gi ve f i ve per formances. As usual, t 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 nearly r eached the town, when t he young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in the wrong pl ace, a t rafi c poli ceman wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ticket . However, this does not always happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are someti mes ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I found t hi s note on my car :39。Yes, t hank you,39。 My dog had take n it into t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s per formance. 39。t real ize one important t hi ng. I39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。Wel ,39。l soon lear n Engli sh!39。 she asked. 39。s al ri ght, 39。 is a smal Swiss aeropl ane cal led a 39。s t wo minut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsm out h t om or row. We shal l m et him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。t inter upt, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hur ri ed t o the ticket off ice. 39。t he gir l said, 39。s awaste of time.39。and it39。s room39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish like that! The porter and I looked at each ot her and smiled. Then he said somet hi ng and I understood it. 39。 anyt hi ng. They are just pret y pat er ns. We like them in t he same way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain material. I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e moder n pictures beter than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my r oom yesterday. 39。 She looked at it crit ical ly f or a moment. 39。 signs out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat it was Medusa, the Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s t o st one. But none of them has been turned to st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 某某 品牌榮膺“中國(guó)名牌”、“中國(guó)馳名商標(biāo)