【導讀】Leson9Acoldwele冷遇OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHal.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHalclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted,'It'stwominutespastwelve!Theclockhasstopped!

　　

【正文】 22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holland. Last year, we wer e t ravel ing acr oss the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t into a bot tl e. She thr ew t he bott le into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten months later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om agi 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 off ice. Let ters wil l cost a lit t1e mor e, but t hey wil cer tainly t ravel faster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om my sist er yesterday. She l ives in Ni ger ia. I n her leter, she sai d that she woul d e to Engl and next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beauti ful new house in the country. Work on it had begun befor e my sister left. The house was pl et ed f ive months ago. I n my let er , I t ol d her that she could stay wit h us . The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovely garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It must be t he only modern house in t he distr ict . Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hotel manager39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。50 and I felt ver y upset. 39。 I left t he money in my r oom, 39。 I said, 39。and i t39。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 said to t he manager , 39。ther e is stil l some honesty in t hi s wor ld ! 39。 leson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was big, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul ly, but very clear ly as wel . The por ter, however, could not understand me。 I repeat ed my questi on several t imes and at l ast he understood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowly nor clear ly. 39。I am a f oreigner, 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand hi m. My t eacher never spoke English li ke t hat! The porter and I looked at each other and smil ed. Then he sai d somet hi ng and I under stood it . 39。You39。l s oon lear n Engli sh!39。 he said. I wonder. In Engl and, each man speaks a di f er ent language. The English under st and each other , but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? leson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pictur es. Many peopl e pr et end that hey understand moder n ar t. They al ways tel you what a picture is 39。about39。. Of course, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。about39。 anything. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we like prety curtain materi al . I t hi nk t hat young children often appreciate modern pictures bet er t han anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sist er i s only seven, but she always tel s me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 What are you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。 I answer ed. 39。It 39。s a new one. Do you l ike it ?39。 She looked at i t cri ti cal y for a moment .39。 It39。s al r ight ,39。 she said, 39。but isn39。t i t upsi dedown ?39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight ! I t was! Leson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the after noon, the boys put up t heir t ent i n the middle of a f ield. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , t hey told stori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys felt tir ed so they pet out the fir e and crept into t heir t ent. Their sleepingbags wer e war m and fort able, so they al l slept soundl y. In t he mi ddl e of the night , t wo boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hur ried out si de. I t was raining heavily and they f ound that a st ream had f or med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the fi el d and then f lowed right under thei r tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rare people who beli eves i n ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wit h motorists. when he r et ur ns home at night , he always fi nds that someone has parked a car outside hi s gate. Because of this, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s ga rage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns out side his gat e, but these have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. It is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was 大碼頭鄉(xiāng) 1 萬畝中低產(chǎn)田改造項目 可行性研究報告 第一章 項目概要 項目背景 大碼頭鄉(xiāng)是 以農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)為主的鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)，近幾年來，由于田間灌排工程不配套，農(nóng)田灌溉周期長，影響種植結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)整和糧棉產(chǎn)量的提高。為了更好地貫徹落實黨在農(nóng)村的各項政策 ,解決好三農(nóng)問題 ,加快農(nóng)民的致富步伐 ,農(nóng)民迫切需要改善生產(chǎn)條件，提高農(nóng)產(chǎn)品產(chǎn)量 ,增加農(nóng)民經(jīng)濟收入。在項目區(qū)內(nèi)通過配套建設農(nóng)田水利工程，推廣先進的科學技術，發(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè)產(chǎn)業(yè)化，可顯著提高農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的產(chǎn)量、產(chǎn)值，增加農(nóng)民收入。 該項目區(qū)域內(nèi)，水利配套設施不健全，地勢高洼不平，灌溉排 水困難，自然發(fā)展條件差，地形地貌和土質(zhì)經(jīng)開發(fā)后易種植棉花等農(nóng)作物。 項目范圍、規(guī)模、內(nèi)容和工期 項目區(qū)土地總面積 萬畝 ,其中耕地面積 ，該項目區(qū) 項目區(qū)北至高港村通東北塢村柏油路，東、南至壽光市界，西至油地共建路。包括大碼頭鄉(xiāng)高港、楊宅 2 個行政村。 項目主要建設內(nèi)容是疏挖修建溝、渠、路，新建橋、涵、閘等水工建筑物，Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Buttons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once amont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few