【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 y, 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。s perf orm ance. 39。I m i ght as wel l have t hem ,39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport. I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anythi ng. But t his does not worr y me. Som e fi sher men ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l es s l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he ri ver, I al ways go home wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。You m ust give up f is hi ng!39。 m y fr i ends say.39。 I t39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 But t hey don39。t r eali ze one im por tant t hi ng. I39。m not r eal y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er ested i n si t i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dr i vi ng me m ad. I li ve near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or som e r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Sometim es I t hi nk thi s house wil l be knocked down by a pas si ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of money t o go away, but I am determ ined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey are pr obabl y r i ght . Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addres s on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l eter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te to each other regul arl y now. However , they have decided to use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 ILesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y int er est ing. I di d not enj oy it . A young m an and a young wom an were sit ti ng behi nd me. They were t al ki ng l oudl y. I got very angr y. I coul d not hear t he act or s. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at t he m an and the wom an angri l y. They did not pay any at tenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it. I t ur ned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d! 39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 It 39。s none of your busi nes,39。 t he young m an said r udel y. 39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on! 39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unt il l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up ver y l ate. I looked out of t he window. It was dar k out si de. 39。What a day!39。 I t hought. 39。I t39。s r ai ni ng agai n.39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。 I39。ve j ust ar i ved by t r ai n, 39。 she said. 39。Im i ng t o se you.39。 39。But I39。m st il l havi ng br eakf ast, 39。 I sai d. 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m havi ng breakf ast ,39。 I r epeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t 39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last sum mer, I went to I tal y. I visi ted museum s and sat in publi c gardens. A fr iendly wai ter taught me a f ew wor ds of I tali an. 39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My holidays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rtyseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a l et ter fr om my brot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great number of dif fer ent places in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t r i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pinhur st to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gre at many requests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent mesages f r om one garage to the other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西178。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate the f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name i s Percy But tons. He cal s at every house i n the str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr