【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 It 39。s a waste of t ime.39。 But they don39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。m not real y i nt erested in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto 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 people 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 sta y here. Everybody 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 in 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 th her name and addres on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a l et ter fr om a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om my 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 l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my l et er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y moder n house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el manager39。s of f ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I lef t he money in my r oom ,39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。Everyone39。s losing money t hese days,39。 he said. He start ed to pl ai n about t his wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound t his outside t his gentl em an39。s room39。 she said. 39。Wel ,39。 I said to t he manager , 39。t here i s sti l some honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh 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 . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。I am a f or eigner, 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke English l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l soon learn Engl is h!39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? l eson26 The best art cri ti 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 ctures. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand modern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。about 39。. Of course, many pi ctures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We li 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 e r t han anyone el se. They not 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 re. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest ing. 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 t he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any atenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not be ar 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 vat e conver sati on!39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes stay i n bed until l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。What a day! 39。 I t hought. 39。I t39。s rai ni ng agai n.39。 Just then, t he tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。 I 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 she sai d. 39。Im i ng to see you.39。 39。But I39。m st il l having br eakf ast, 39。 I said. 39。What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m having br eakf ast ,39。 I repeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she said. 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? 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 Post car ds always spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went to I tal y. I vi si ted museum s and sat in publ ic gardens. A fr iendly wai ter t aught me a f ew wor ds of I tal ian. 39。Then he lent m e a book. I