【正文】 s garden is l arger than Joe39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎 1 四川省內(nèi)江碳纖維增強無石棉 汽車制動襯片 申報單位： 地 址： 郵政編碼： 聯(lián)系人： 電 話： 傳 真： 主持部門： 申報日期：年月日 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 gre at 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 Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has s ent a gr eat many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e t elephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西 she sai d. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wi cked wor ld but was i nter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。s not there now. 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 But t hey don39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Could I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Can I retur n t hese two ti ckets?39。ve sold out ,39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。 I said. 39。 he said 39。t got my bag.39。Yes, thank you, 39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil age inn, I looked for my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside 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 pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he lets 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. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound this note on my car: 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf or mances. As usual , t he poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It is al ways the sam e on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year . Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vil lage in t he sout h of France, I drove on t o t he next town. On t he way, a young man wave d t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I said good mor ning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he same language. Apar t fr om a few wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y r eached the t own, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y slowly, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steele came i n. Har ry worked in a lawyer39。 t ime. Fi ft en m i nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。t her e i s st i l l som e honest y i n t hi s wor l d ! 39。s r oom 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。and it 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。s a wast e of ti me.39。 I said sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anythi ng. But thi s does not worr y me. Some f isher men a r e unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boots. Aft er having spent whol e mor ni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi t h an empty bag. 39。t he gi rl said, 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 Susan exclai med. Just t hen, a man hur ri ed to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off ice. 39。The play m ay begin at any mom ent ,39。Im ver y sor ry, 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 I f you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir tyf i ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and l ong black stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or ange colour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。t inter rupt, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secret ar y t old me that Mr . Har mswort h woul d see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d that business was ver y bad. He told m e t hat t he fi rm could not af or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye an