【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ing is m y f avour it e sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout cat ching anyt hing. But his does not wor r y m e. Som e f isherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of cat ching f ish, t hey catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even less lucky. I never cat ch anyt hing not even old boot s. Af t er having spent whole m or nings on t he r iver , I always go hom e wit h an em pt y bag. 39。You m ust give up f ishing!39。 m y f r iends ay.39。 I t 39。s a wast e of t im e.39。 But t hey don39。t r ealize one im por t ant t hing. I 39。m not r ealy int er ested in f ishing. Iam only int er est ed in sit t ing in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 M ad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowly dr iving m e m ad. I live near an air por t and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or some r eas on it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away f r om t heir hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people lef t . Som et im es I t hink t his house wil be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f ered a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but Iam det ermined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 M y daught er, J ane, never dr eam ed of r eceiving a let t er f r om a gir l of her own age in Holand. Last year, we wer e t r avelling acr oss t he Channel and J ane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it int o a bot t le. She t hr ew t he bot t le int o t he s ea. She never t hought of it again, but t en m ont hs lat er, she r eceived a let t er f r om a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egular ly now. However , t hey have decided t o use t he post of fice. Let t ers wil cost a lit t 1e m or e, but hey wil cer t ainly t r avel f aster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 Ihad a let t er f r om m y sist er yester day. She lives in N iger ia. I n her let t er, she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We ar e now l iving in a beaut if ul new house in t he count ry. Wor k on it had begun bef or e m y sist er lef t. The house was plet ed f ive m ont hs ago. I n m y let t er , I t old her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge r oom s and t her e is a lovely gar den. I t is a ver y m oder n house, so it looks st r ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he only m oder n house in t he dist r ict. Lesson24 I t could be wor se 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。s of fice and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I f elt ver y upset. 39。 I lef t t he m oney in m y r oom ,39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not t her e now. 39。 The m anager was sym pat hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s losing m oney t hese days,39。 he said. He st art ed t o plain about t his wicked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ained amp。5o. 39。I f ound t his out side t his gentlem an39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Well, 39。 I said t o t he m anager, 39。t here is st il som e honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 lesson25 Do t he English speak English? 英 國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ Iar r ived in London at last . The railway st at ion was big, black and dark. I did not know t he way t o m y hot el, so Iasked a por ter . I not only spoke English ver y car efuly, Lesson 1 A pr ivat e conver sat ion 私人談話(huà) Last week Iwent t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat . The play was ver y int er est ing. I did not enjoy it . A young m an and a young wom an wer e sit t ing behind m e. They wer e t alking loudly. I got ver y angry. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. Ilooked at t he m an and t he wom an angr ily. They did not pay any at tent ion. I n t he end, I could not bear it . I t ur ned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I said angr ily. 39。I t 39。s none of your business,39。 t he young m an said r udely. 39。This is a pr ivat e conver sat ion!39。. Lesson 2 Br eakf ast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I somet im es st ay in bed unt il unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up very lat e. I looked out of t he window. I t was dark out side. 39。What a day!39。 I t hought . 39。I t 39。s r aining again. 39。 J ust t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy. 39。 I 39。ve just ar rived by t r ain, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m ing t o see you. 39。 But I 39。m stil having br eakf ast ,39。 I said. 39。What ar e you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。I 39。m having br eakfast, 39。 I r epeat ed. 39。Dear m e,39。 she said. 39。Do you always get up so lat e ? I t39。s one o39。clock! 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds always spoil m y holidays. Last summer , I went t o It aly. I visit ed m useums and sat in public gar dens. A f riendly wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t alian. 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew lines, but I did not understand a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards t o my f r iends. On t he last day I m ade a big decision. I got up early and bought t hir t yseven car ds. Ispent he whole day in m y r oom , but Idid not wr it e a single car d ! Lesson 4 An excit ing t r ip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r eceived a let t er f r om m y brot her, Tim. He is in Aust r alia. He has been t her e f or six m onths. Tim is an engineer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady visit ed a gr eat number of dif f erent places in Aust r alia. He has just bought an Austr alian car and has gone t o Alice Spr ings, a sm al t own in t he cent r e of Austr alia. He wil soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wil f ly t o Per t h. M y br ot her ha