【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up f ishing!39。 my f r iends say.39。 It 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。 But t hey don39。t r eal ize one im por ta nt thi ng. I 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n f ishing. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dri ving m e mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur ing t he war, but for som e reason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t came into use. Over a hundred people 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 left . Someti mes I think t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceivi ng a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bott le i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a lit t1e m or e, but t hey wi l l cer t ai nl y t r avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my 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 stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。 50 and I felt very upset.39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。 I sai d, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Everyone39。s l osing money these days, 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi r l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。 5o. 39。I found thi s out si de thi s gent leman39。s r oom 39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d t o the manager , 39。t her e is st il some honest y i n t hi s wor l d ! 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl i sh speak Engl i sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r i ved i n London at l ast . The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el , so I asked a po r t er . I not onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car ef ul l y, 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 me a card 請 給 我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I taly. I visi ted museum s and sat in publi c gardens. A fr iendly wai te r taught me a f ew wor ds of I tali 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 word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big dec ision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i 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 let ter fr om m y 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 num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr a li 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 alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Silbur y. The bi rd cove