【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address 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 mont hs later , she r eceived a l eter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te t o each ot her 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 t hey 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 ye ar . 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 som e people. I t m ust 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 the hotel manager 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 I l eft the m oney i n my room, 39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed 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。5o. 39。I found thi s outside t hi s gent leman39。s r oom 39。 she sai d. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d !39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r i ved i n London at l ast. The r ailway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very caref ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel l . The por t er , however , coul d not unde r st and m e。 I r epeat ed m y quest i on sever al t i m es and at l ast he under st ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke nei t her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。I am a f or ei gner , 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and hi m . My t eacher never spoke Engl i sh l i ke t hat ! The por t er and I l ooked 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 sh 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 m e, 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 Postcards always spoi l my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi si ted m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought a bout postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir tyseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Ti m. He is in Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong num bers 無錯(cuò)號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m iles f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pi geons. Yes ter day, a pigeon car r ied t he f i rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent m esages f rom one gar age to t he other. In this wa y, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of ber . In r eturn for t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he st r et once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ting at t he ai rpor t al l morni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, someone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ting insi de the m ai n buil ding whi le other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at he door , two others opened t he pa