【正文】 he said. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each other , but I don39。I am a f oreigner, 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。Ever yone39。 I said, 39。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 li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur ing t he war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people must 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 thi nk this house wil l be knocked down by a pasi ng pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am deter mined t o sta y here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi r l of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we wer e tr avel ing a cross t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t int o a bott le. She threw the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. I t i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el m anager 39。 I t39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。Cer tainl y, 39。Cer tainl y,39。What a pi ty! 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 My dog had t aken it i nto t he gar den. He of t en does t hi s.39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm edi at el y went out . I n a f ew m i nut es he r etur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o m e. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he i nn keeper cam e i n. 39。 Si r, we wele you to our ci ty. This i s a No Parking area. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e is only a remi nder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him to l end me amp。I t 39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia . He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les f rom Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi ge ons. Yester day, a pigeon car ri ed t he f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d covered t he di stance i n t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pri vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。l l soon l ear n Engl i sh! 39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clearl y. 39。Wel l, 39。5o. 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。 I l eft t he money in my room, 39。t reali ze one impor tant t hing. I39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s per for mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。 I sai d. 39。 he sai d 39。t got m y bag.39。Yes, t hank you, 39。 lesson18 He of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now i t wasn39。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong place, a t raf fi c policeman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te