【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 lish?39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh himself! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me t hat Mr. Har mswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that business was ver y bad. He t ol d me that the f irm coul d not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。Don39。t inter upt, 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in the wrong pl ace, a t rafi c poli ceman wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ticket . However, this does not always happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are someti mes ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I found t hi s note on my car :39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our street signs. Thi s note is only a reminder .39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest l ike this, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive years old. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young girl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. This ti me, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dres and l ong black stocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orange col oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。 l esson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chai r besi de t he door and now it wasn39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking for it, t he i nkeeper came i n. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 I answer ed, 39。but I can39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。t got my bag.39。 The i nn keeper smil ed and i mmedi at el y went out. I n a f ew m inut es he returned wi th my bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。I 39。m very sor ry,39。 he sai d 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nto t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any m om ent,39。 I sai d. 39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I hurri ed t o the ti cket off ice. 39。May I have t wo ti ckets pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sorr y, we39。ve sol d out , 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。What a pity!39。 Susan excl ai med. Just t hen, a man hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。Can I return t hese t wo ti cket s?39。 he asked. 39。Cer tainly,39。 the gi rl said. 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ticket s pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。Certainly, 39。the girl sai d, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。s perf or mance. 39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s my favourit e sport. I of ten fi sh f or hour s wi thout catching anything. But t hi s does not worr y me. Some fisher men are unl ucky. I nstead of catching fish, t hey catch old boots and rubbish. I am even les l ucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. After having spent whol e mor ni ngs on t he r iver, I always go home wi th an empty bag. 39。You must gi ve up f ishing!39。 my fr iends say.39。 It39。s a wast e of t ime.39。 But they don39。t r eali ze one i mpor tant thing. I 39。m not real y interest ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed in sit ting i n a boat and doing nothing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an airport and passi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air port was buil t during the war, but for some reason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however, i t came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom t heir homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left. Someti mes I think thi s house wil l be knocked down by a pasing plane. I have been offer ed a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr aveli ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper with her name and addres on it into a bottl e. She t hr ew the bott le into t he sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om a girl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a lit t1e mor e, but t hey wil l cer tainly t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She lives in Nigeria. In her let er , she said that she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a sur pr ise. We are now l iving in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore my si st er left . The house was pleted five mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I told her that she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many lar ge r ooms and there is a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a very moder n house, so it looks strange t o some peopl e. I t must be the only moder n house i n the di st rict. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I entered the hot el manager 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。50 and I f el t very upset .39。 I l ef t the money in my room,39。 I said, 39。and it39。s not ther e now.39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he coul d do nothing. 39。Ever yone39。s l osing money these days,39。 he sai d. He st ar ted to plain about this wicked world but was inter upt ed by a knock at the door. A girl came i n and put an envelope on his d