【正文】 ven l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I t39。s a waste of ti me.39。 But they don39。t reali ze one impor tant t hing. I39。m not real y i nt erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et imes I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gi r l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew t he bot tl e into the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir l s wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , they have decided to use t he post off ice. Leter s wi l cost a l it 1e mor e, but they wi l cert 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 sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpr ise. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e my si ster left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my l eter , I told her t hat she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has many large r ooms and there is 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 manager39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 I sai d, 39。and i t39。s not t her e now.39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hing. 39。Everyone39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 he said. He star ted to pl ain about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound this outsi de this gentl em a n39。s room39。 she said. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。there is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car efull y, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under st and me。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t imes and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。I am a f orei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm i l ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。You39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a dif ferent language. The Engl ish under stand each ot her , but I don39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictur es. Many people pr et end that hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways t el you what a pictur e is 39。about39。. Of cour se, many pictur es ar c not 39。about 39。 anything. They are j ust pret ty pat erns. We l ike t hem in the sam e way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al. I thi nk that young c hil dren oft en appr eci ate m odern pictur es bet er than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is only seven, but she al ways tel s me whether my pi ctures ar e good or not. She came int o my room yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hangi ng thi s pi ctur e on the wal l, 39。 I answer ed. 39。I t 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y for a moment .39。 I t39。s al l r ight ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t it upsi dedown ?39。 I looked at i t again. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af t er noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonder ful meal, they t ol d stor ies and sang songs by t he cam p f ir e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t hei r tent. Thei r sleepi ng bags wer e war m and f or tabl e, so they al 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 outsi de. I t was r aining heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam 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 Ja sper White 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 moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th mot ori st s. when he r eturns home at night , he al ways f inds t hat