【正文】 Mr . Har m swor th,39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she said. 39。 But t hey don39。Can I r et ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。 he said 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 wrong place, a tr af fi c poli cem an wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y lucky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket. However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are sometim es ver y poli te. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on my car :39。I t39。 I r epeat ed my question sever al ti mes and at last he under st ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clear ly. 39。 I left the money in my r oom,39。 I asked. 39。It may have begun already,39。t t here ! As I was l ooking for i t, the innkeeper came in. 39。 she sai d, 39。 he sai d. I wonder. In Engl and, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engl ish under st and each ot her, but I don39。Ever yone39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem,39。I 39。 I answered, 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。I hurri ed t o the ti cket off ice. 39。t he girl sai d, 39。and it39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l i ke that ! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said som et hi ng and I understood i t. 39。 She l ooked at it cr it cal y f or a m om ent.39。 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。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。Cer tai nly,39。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 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hotel manager39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 I39。Don39。 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。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 m y f ri ends say.39。5o. 39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 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。t i nt er rupt,39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ct ur e on t he wal l, 39。t her e i s sti l some honest y i n t his worl d !39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。 t he girl sai d. 39。The play m ay begi n at any moment, 39。My dear , i t m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。 It 39。You39。s not there now. 39。but they ar e f or next Wednesday39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。Yes, thank you,39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e i n the af t er noon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middl e of a f ield. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an