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【正文】 anes are slowl y dr iving m e mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The air port was buil t dur ing t he war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , i t cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away fr om their homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge s um of money t o go away, but I am deter mined t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r i ght . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bottl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she r ecei ved a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Leter s wil l cost a l it 1e mor e, but they wi l cer t ai nly t ravel f ast er. Leson23 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 ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I told her t hat she could st ay wi th us. The house has m any large r ooms and there i s a l ovel y gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o some peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。 I said, 39。and i t39。s not ther e now. 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。Ever yone39。s losi ng money these days,39。 he sai d. He start ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s 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 honest y 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 at ion 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 ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear l y. 39。I am a f or eigner, 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engli sh ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ctures. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey underst and m oder n art . They always t el you what a pi cture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pictur es ar c not 39。about39。 anything. They ar e j ust pret ty pat er ns. We l ike them in t he sam e way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain m ateri al . I think that young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ctures bet er t han anyone else . They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways t el s me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng this pi cture on the wal ,39。 I answer ed. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it icaly for a m om ent .39。 It 39。s al r ight, 39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, 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 meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood sm elt good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , t hey told st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some t im e lat er i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so t hey al l slept soundly. I n the m iddle of t he ni ght, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f or med i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f iel d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns home at night , he al ways f inds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to ge t his own car int o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn mot ori s