【導(dǎo)讀】'.Leson2Breakfastorlunch?早餐還是午餐？ItwasSunday.InevergetupearlyonSundays.IsometimesstayinbeduntillunchtSundayIgotupverylate.Ilookedoutofthewindow.Itwasdarkoutside.'Whataday!'Ithought.'It'srainingagain.'Justthen,thetelephonerang.ItwasmyauntLucy.'I'vejustarivedbytrain,'shesaid.'I'mingtoseeyou.'ButI'mstillhavingbreakfast,'Isaid.'Whatareyoudoing?'sheasked.'I'mhavingbreakfast,'Irepeated.'Dearme,'shesaid.'Doyoualwaysgetupsolate?It'soneo'clock!

　　

【正文】 ay such large sal ar ies. Twent y people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。Don39。t inter upt, 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。100 a year! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in the wrong pl ace, a t rafi c poli ceman wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ticket . However, this does not always happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are someti mes ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I found t hi s note on my car :39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at tent ion to our street signs. Thi s note is only a reminder .39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest l ike this, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive years old. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young girl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. This ti me, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In the play, she must appear i n a bri ght red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bright, or ange coloured dr es. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answers, 39。My dear , it must be ter rible t o be grown up! 39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chair beside t he door and now it wasn39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he i nkeeper came in. 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 I answered, 39。but I can39。t pay the bil . I haven39。t got my bag. 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few minutes he r etur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。 he said 39。 My dog had taken it into t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。 I sai d. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sorr y, we39。ve sold out ,39。 the gi rl said. 39。What a pit y! 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hur ri ed t o the ticket off ice. 39。Can I r et ur n these two t ickets?39。 he asked. 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。 t he gir l said. 39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。t he gir l said, 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。s per formance. 39。I might as wel have them,39。 I sai d sadly. Lesson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing is my favouri te sport . I oft en f ish for hours wit hout cat ching anything. But this does not wor ry me. Some fi shermen ar e unlucky. Inst ead of cat ching fi sh, they cat ch old boot s and rubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even old boot s. Aft er having spent whole mornings on the ri ver, I al ways go home wit h an empt y bag. 39。You must give up fishing! 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 It 39。s awaste of time.39。 But t hey don39。t real ize one important t hi ng. I39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing the war , but for some reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I think this house wil be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of money to go away, but I am det er mined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel ling a cr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it into a bot tle. She thr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten months late r, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She l ives i n Niger ia. I n her let er , she sai d that she would e t o England next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng in a beaut if ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I t ol d her that she coul d stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y modern house, so it looks st range t o some peopl e. It must be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hot el manager39。s of fice and sat down. I had just lost amp。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。 I l ef t he money i n my room,39。 I sai d, 39。and it39。s not t here now.39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。Ever yone39。s l osing money these days, 39。 he said. He start ed t o plain about t hi s wicked wor ld but was inter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside this gentl eman39。s room39。 she sai d. 39。Wel ,39。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。t her e is st il l some honest y in t hi s wor ld !39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a