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【正文】 hing. I am only i nter ested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng not hing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeropl anes are sl owl y dr iving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was bui l t dur ing t he war, but for som e reason it coul d not be used t hen. 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 the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge 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 daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceivi ng a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew the bott le 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 fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a lit t1e m ore, but t hey wi l l cer tainly tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, 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 is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I felt very upset.39。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。 I sai d, 39。and it 39。s not there now. 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Everyone39。s l osing money these days, 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi r l came i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。5o. 39。I f ound t his outsi de this gentl em an39。s room39。 she said. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。t here is sti l som e honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎 青州中聯(lián)水泥有限公司 6000t/d 水泥熟料 干法 生產(chǎn)線純低溫余熱發(fā)電工程 項目 申請 報告 濟南市工程咨詢院 二○○七年 五 月ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si l bur y. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts a nd other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of ber . In r etur n for t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs . I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a gl as of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l morni ng. They wer e expecting a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom South Af r ica. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal the di amonds. When t he pl ane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ting insi de the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door , two others opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden i s more inter esti ng. He has made nea t pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he w