【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ai d, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。s per f or mance. 39。I m ight 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 t en f ish f or hour s wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nstead 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 anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng!39。 my f ri ends say.39。 It 39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。 But t hey don39。t r eal i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。m not real l y i nt er est ed in f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed in sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used then. Last year, however, it came i nto 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. Som etim es I t hi nk thi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r i 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 fr om 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 wit h her nam e and address on it i nt o a bot l e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m onths l at er , she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o ea ch ot her r egul ar l y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off i ce. Let t er s wil l cost a l it 1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f r om m y si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et t er , she said t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l i vi ng in a beauti f ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and t here i s a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he only m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。s off i ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。 50 and I f elt ver y upset. 39。 I l eft t he m oney in m y r oom, 39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sym pat het i c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 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 inter 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 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 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoi l my holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I visit ed museum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he l ast day I m a de a bi g deci si on. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom , but I di d not writ e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust r ali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s worki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t he r e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr 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 lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s onl y