【正文】 Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useums and sat i n publ i c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 she sai d. 39。但工業(yè)機構(gòu)長期處于畸重畸輕、畸大畸小狀況，其中高科技、高附加值、高市場成長性的新興產(chǎn)業(yè)或與之配套的產(chǎn)業(yè)相對較少，在一定程度上影響了地區(qū)經(jīng)濟活力，依靠單一資源、單一品種產(chǎn)品支撐地區(qū)經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的基礎(chǔ)已經(jīng)枯竭，深刻影 響到地區(qū)社會發(fā)展與穩(wěn)定。 5o. 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。 my f r iends say.39。s per f or mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does thi s. 39。 The i n keeper smil ed and i mmediat el y went out . I n a few mi nut es he retur ned wi t h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 I answered, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our city. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r em i nder .39。Don39。Do you spea k Engli sh?39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。It 39。s gar den is l ar 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 mont 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 r al i a. He wi l soon visit Dar win. From ther e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other . I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。Ever yone39。 I said, 39。m not r eal y i nt er est ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r port was buil t duri ng the war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr i ven away f r om t heir hom es by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft. Som et im es I t hi nk t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dream ed of r eceivi ng a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t r aveli ng across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bottl e i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en m onths l at er , she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post of fi ce. Let ers wil cost a li t 1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new hous e 新居 I had a l et 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 iving 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 mont 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. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t must be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 I t39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。Cer t ainl y,39。What a pi t y!39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hir ty fi ve year s ol d. I n spit e of thi s, she of t en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti m e, she wil l be a gi r l of sevent en. I n t he play, she m ust appear i n a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st oc