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g had t aken i t i nto t he garden. He oft en does thi s. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。The pl ay may begi n at any moment,39。 I said. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 Susan answered. 39。I hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sor ry, we39。ve sold out, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。What a pit y! 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr 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。Could 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 f or next Wednesday39。s per for mance. 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐 孤舟 Fishing 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 i m por tant thing. I 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested i n si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了? Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was buil t dur ing t he war, but for som e reason it coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came into use. Over a hundred people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few peopl e left . Som etim es I think t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off ered a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year , we were t ravel ing across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her name and addr ess on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bottl e i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f r om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gi r l s 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 wi 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 year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. I t i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el m anager 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 I l eft t he money in m y room, 39。 I said, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door. A gi r l cam e in and put an envelope on hi s desk. I t cont ained amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside t his gent leman39。s r oom39。 she said. 39。Wel l, 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。t here i s st il l some honesty i n thi s worl d ! 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎? I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway st ation 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 is h very car ef ull y, 云南瀘沽湖酒店管理有限公司摩梭山莊 改建項(xiàng)目 環(huán)境影響報(bào)告書 (送審稿 ) 云南省環(huán)保產(chǎn)業(yè)科技開發(fā)中心 國環(huán)評證乙字第 3408號(hào) 2020年 4月 al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s a n engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhurst t o Si l bur y. The bi rd covered t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi