【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 nd rubbish. I am even les l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Aft er having spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he ri ver, I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up f is hi ng!39。 m y fr iends say.39。 It39。s a wast e of t ime.39。 But they don39。t r eali ze one i mpor tant t hi ng. I 39。m not real ly i nt er est ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving m e m ad. I l i ve near an air port and pasing pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was buil t duri ng t he war, but f or some r eason it could not be used then. Last year, however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away fr om thei r hom es by the noi se. I am one of the few people left . Som et imes I t hi nk t his house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of fered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det ermi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , J ane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f r om a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel i ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t i nto a bot tle. She t hr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten m ont hs later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te t o each other r egul arl y now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e m or e, but t hey wil cer tainly t ravel fast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a leter fr om m y si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wil l get a sur prise. We are now l i vi ng i n a beauti ful new house i n the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun before my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er, I tol d her t hat she could stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange to some people. I t m ust be t he onl y m odern house i n t he di st ri ct. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hotel m anager 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 50 and I f el t ver y upset.39。 I left t he m oney in my r oom,39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not t here now.39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。Everyone39。s losi ng m oney t hese days,39。 he sai d. He start ed t o pl ai n about t his wi cked worl d but was i nt er rupt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。 5o. 39。I f ound t his out si de t hi s gent lem an39。s r oom39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。t her e is st il l some honest y in t hi s wor ld !39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, Lesson 1 A private conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heatre. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y interest ing. I did not enj oy i t. A young man and a young woman were sit ing behind me. They were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear awor d!39。 I sai d angri ly. 39。 It39。s none of your busi ness,39。 the young man sai d rudely. 39。This is a private conver sation!39。. Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes tay in bed unti l unch Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dark outside. 39。What a day! 39。 I thought. 39。It 39。s raining again.39。 Just hen, t he t el ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.39。 I39。ve just ar ived by tr ai n, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m ing to se you. 39。 But I39。m st il having breakfast,39。 I said.39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m having br eakfast ,39。 I r epeat ed.39。Dear me, 39。 she said. 39。Do you always get up so l at e ? I t39。s one o39。clock! 39。Leson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o Italy. I vi sit ed museums and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My hol idays pased quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Ti m. He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Ti m i s an engineer . He i s working f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di ferent places in Australi a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in the centr e of Austr alia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t her e, he wil l f ly t o Pert h. My brother has never been abroad before, so he i s finding this tr ip very excit ing. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Silbury and now he has just bought another garage i n Pi nhurst. Pi nhurst i s only f ive mil es fr om Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ied the fi rst mesage fr om Pinhur st to Sil bury. The bir d cover ed t he distan