【正文】 i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et im es I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I m ust be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel ling acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on it int o a bott le. She threw the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a let ter fr om a gi r l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l 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 it looks str ange t o some people. I t must be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。s r oom 39。s a waste of ti me.39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he ticket off ice. 39。m very sor ry,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr um ent . It i s cal led a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he livi ng r oom . I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y i t was damaged by a visi tor. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys too har d and two of t he str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to touch it . It is bei ng repai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em an39。 I t39。What a pit y!39。I 39。t int er rupt ,39。s two mi nut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was the last day of t he year and a lar ge crowd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t went y mi nutes39。Mr . Harm swor th, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。m sor r y, we39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y favouri te sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anything. But this does not worr y me. Some f isher men are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng s pent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and t he n, at fi ve to twelve, the clock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and waited, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。t got m y bag. 39。ve sold out ,39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。水泥工業(yè)走可持續(xù)發(fā)展和循環(huán)經(jīng)濟(jì)的道路，大量利用和消耗工業(yè)廢渣、生活垃圾等有毒有害廢棄物，實(shí)現(xiàn)“四零一負(fù)”的戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)，已是中外業(yè)界人士的普遍共識(shí)。 I said, 39。Cer t ai nly, 39。 Susan answered. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char l es Al ison, wil sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat , Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it tl e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at ei ght o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Bri dge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of ber. I n r et ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang s ongs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and drank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d m e about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a m eal