【正文】 信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol and. Last year, we were tr avel li ng a cross t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and addres on it i nt o a botl e. She t hr ew the bot le i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but t en mont hs l at er , she received a l et ter f rom a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her regul arl y now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it 1e m or e, but they wi l cert ai nl y tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. I n her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e to Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beauti f ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e m y si st er left. The house was pl et ed f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et er , I t ol d her that she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge r om s and there is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. It m ust be the onl y m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el manager 39。Cer tainl y,39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t his, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hi rt yf i ve years old. I n spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wi l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. Thi s t ime, she wi l be a gir l of sevent en. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a br ight r ed dres and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another play, she had t o wear short socks and a bri ght, orangecol our ed dres. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。 she said, 39。 he said. I wonder. In Engl and, each man speaks a di f er ent language. The English under st and each other , but I don39。Everyone39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem,39。I 39。but I can39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engl ish hi mself ! Less on 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told me t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nto his of fi ce. He did not look up fr om his desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me that he f ir m could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 I39。 I said t o t he manager , 39。m not real ly i nt er est ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y interest ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are sl owl y dri vi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and pasing pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was built dur i ng t he war , but for som e reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e m ust have been dr iven away f r om t heir hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few peopl e left. Som et imes I t hi nk t hi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det ermi ned t o stay her e. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obabl y 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 i n Hol and. Last year, we were tr avel li ng across t he Channel and J ane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and addres on it i nt o a bottl e. She t hr ew the bot le i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but t en mont hs l at er , she received a l et ter f rom a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her regul arl y now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it 1e m or e, but they wi l cert ai nl y tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. I n her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e to Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beauti f ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e m y si st er left. The house was pl et ed f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et er , I t ol d her that she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge r om s and there is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. It m ust be the onl y m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el manager 39。Cer tainl y,39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t his, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hi rt yf i ve years old. I n spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wi l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. Thi s t ime, she wi l be a gir l of sevent en. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a br ight r ed dres and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another play, she had t o wear short socks and a bri ght, orange col our ed dres. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of tim e. We shal se his boat and then we shal say good bye to him. He wil be away f or t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an im por tant r ace across t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n t he t own wi l be m et i ng t hem at t he stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil be si nging at t he Wor kers39。 he asked. 39。I hurr ied to t he ti cket of fi ce.