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【正文】 pit y! 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。 he asked. 39。Cer tai nl y,39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。Cer tainl y, 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。s per for mance. 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shing i s my favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men a re unlucky. I nst ead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go home 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 t hey don39。t r eal ize one impor tant thing. I39。m not r eal y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passing planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was bui lt duri ng the war , but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it came int o 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 peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s hous e wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a large sum of money t o go away, but I am det er m i ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving 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 t h her name and address on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs 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 de cided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpri se. We are now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the count ry. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t. The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In m y let ter, 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 i s a l ovel y gar den. It is a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I left t he money i n m y r oom, 39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sym pat het i c, but he coul d do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s losing m oney t hese days,39。 he sai d. He start ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。 5o. 39。I f ound t his outsi de t his gentl em an39。s room39。 she sai d. 39。Wel l, 39。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。t her e i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar 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 por ter. I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel . The por ter, however, coul d not under st and m e。 I r epeat ed my questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a forei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke that! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif fer ent language. The English understand each ot her , but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot 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。about39。. Of course, m any pi ctures ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging t hi s pi ctur e on the wal l, 39。 I answered. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.39。 I t39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt 國(guó)美電 器 guomeidianqi 門(mén) 店 工 作 標(biāo) 準(zhǔn) 化 手 冊(cè) mendi