【正文】 But they don39。You must give up fi shing! 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Could I have t hose two ti cket s pl ease ?39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。ve sold out ,39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 I said. 39。 he sai d 39。t got m y bag. 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 lesson18 He of ten does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it 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 t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon f ind it. You wil l be ver y lucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not always happen. Traf fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I found t his note on m y car :39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is a lways t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。 t im e. Fi ft en minutes pased and then, at f ive to twel ve, the cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoi l my holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I visit ed museum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。I 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。What a day! 39。s none of your busines, 39。I can39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport . I of t en f i sh f or hour s wit hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nstead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed t o the ti cket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment,39。m ver y sorr y,39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。Mr . Harm swor t h,39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him. He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , they ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ri vi ng her e tom or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor kers39。I have neve r bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. It i s cal l ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong to our f am il y f or a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi si t or . She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s gar den i s mor e int er esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool . I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Ever y year I ent er f or the garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge cr owd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti ti on39。cl ock!39。Dear m e,39。 she asked. 39。 But I39。ve j ust ar ri ved by tr ain,39。I t39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest i ng. I di d not enjoy i t. A young m an and a young wom an wer e sit ti ng behi nd m e. They wer e t al king l oudl y. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at t he man and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not