【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 e fi sherm en a re unlucky. I nst ead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whol e mor nings on the r iver, I always go home wit h an empty bag. 39。You m ust give up f is hing!39。 my fr iends say.39。 I t39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 But they don39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hi ng. I 39。m not realy inter est ed in f ishing. I am only inter ested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pass ing planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t duri ng the war , but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 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 i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tl e into the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten m ont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el manager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 50 and I f elt very upset .39。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。 I sai d, 39。and it 39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。Everyone39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was i nter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。 5o. 39。I f ound this out si de thi s gentl eman39。s room39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。t her e is sti l some honest y in t his wor ld !39。 lesson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o m y hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ve ry cl ear ly as wel l. The port er, however , could not under stand me。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowly nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke that! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and sm i l ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under st ood i t . 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engl i sh! 39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f f er ent l anguage. The Engl i s h under st and each ot her , but I don39。t under st and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l esson26 The best art cri t i cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey under st and m oder n ar t . They al ways t el l you what a pi ct u r e i s 39。about 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。about 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pr et t y pat t er ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur t ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en of t en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ur es bet t er t han anyone el se. They n ot i ce m or e. My si st er i s Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 I t39。s none of your busines, 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。What a day! 39。 I t hought. 39。I t 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。 I39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 39。But I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 I sai d. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 I repeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol idays. Last summ er , I went t o I t