【正文】 她所記得的就是這些。她在海里游了整整一夜才游 到岸邊。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)那售貨員是她的女兒。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，她又選了商場(chǎng)里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它 遞給了售貨員。偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時(shí)候都更強(qiáng)烈 特別是在大的商 店里。她叫他去修理孫子的自行車。那時(shí)他有兩個(gè)幫手。在退休前，弗蘭克是一家非常大的商 業(yè)公司的經(jīng)理，但他小時(shí)候卻在一家小鋪里做工。 我轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭去看那些孩子，但一個(gè)也不見(jiàn)，全都跑了！當(dāng)那個(gè)人明白了發(fā)生的事情時(shí)，笑了起 來(lái)。河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些 人正在劃船。t any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank. ?威爾河是橫穿過(guò)我家附近公園的一條小河。一次，他把飛機(jī)降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上；還 有一次，降落在了一個(gè)廢棄的停車場(chǎng)上。這架奇妙的飛機(jī)可以載 7 名乘客。Pilatus Porter39。賈斯珀希望她把汽車 和車主們都變成石頭。為此，他甚至一次也沒(méi)能把自己的車開(kāi)進(jìn)車庫(kù)。 No Parking39。原來(lái)帳篷里 到處都是水！他們?nèi)继鏊?，跑到外面。但過(guò)了一陣子。 Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleepingbags were warm and fortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleepingbags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent! ?傍晚時(shí)分，孩子們?cè)谔镆爸醒氪钇鹆藥づ?。它們就是些好看的圖案， 我們喜愛(ài)它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。t it upsidedown ?39。 It39。 I answered. 39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。 “您會(huì)很快學(xué)會(huì)英語(yǔ)的！ ”他 說(shuō)。 “我是個(gè) 外國(guó)人， ”我說(shuō)。然而搬運(yùn)工卻不明白我的話 。t understand them! Do they speak English? ?我終于到了倫敦。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 39。 “這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的， ”她 說(shuō)。 “現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢 ， ”他說(shuō)。there is still some honesty in this world! ’ ?我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來(lái)。s room39。Everyone39。 I said, 39。它肯定是這個(gè)地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。這棟房子在我姐姐 離開(kāi)之前就已動(dòng)工了，是在 5 個(gè)月以前竣工的。 Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would e to England next year. If she es, she will get a surprise. We are now?living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was pleted five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. ? 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亞。但 10 個(gè)月以后，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來(lái)信。大家都說(shuō)我肯定是瘋了， 也許他們說(shuō)的是對(duì)的。然而去年機(jī)場(chǎng)開(kāi)始使用了。 “你可別再釣魚(yú)了！ ”我的朋友們說(shuō)， “這是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。有些 垂釣者就是不走運(yùn)，他們往往魚(yú)釣不到，卻釣上來(lái)些舊靴子和垃圾。 But they don39。You must give up fishing!39。 我馬上又回到售票處。 “真可惜！ ”蘇珊大聲說(shuō)。 I said sadly.? “劇馬上就要開(kāi)演了， ”我說(shuō)。the girl said, 39。 the girl said. 39。 Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurried to the ticketoffice. 39。m sorry, we39。I hurried to the ticketoffice. 39。The play may begin at any moment,39。 ”我回答， “但我付不了帳，我的提包沒(méi)有了。 ?我在一家鄉(xiāng)村小酒店吃過(guò)午飯后，就找我的提包。I39。but I can39。Did you have a good meal?39。演出時(shí)她必須穿 一條鮮紅色的裙子和黑色的長(zhǎng)筒襪。 ?我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演員，她至少也有 35 歲了。如果您對(duì)我們 街上的標(biāo)牌稍加注意，您在此會(huì)過(guò)得很愉快的。如果他沒(méi)給你罰單就放你走了，算你走 運(yùn)。謹(jǐn)此提請(qǐng)注意。然而，情況并不都是這樣，交通警有時(shí)也很客氣。 Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:39。我知道這次該輪到我了。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。 I said in a weak voice. 39。除了個(gè)別幾個(gè)單詞外，我根本不會(huì)法語(yǔ)。在離開(kāi)法國(guó)南部的一個(gè)小村莊后，我繼續(xù)駛往下一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)。每逢這種場(chǎng)合，情況都是這樣。明晚他們將在工人俱樂(lè)部演 出。 Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singers. At present, they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be ing by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers39?！皾ㄙ悺碧?hào)是艘有名的小艇，它已經(jīng)多次橫渡大 西洋。 is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。他從未向我借過(guò)錢。 我正在一家飯館吃飯，托尼 .斯蒂爾走了進(jìn)來(lái)。s office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。她在擊琴鍵時(shí)用力過(guò)猛，損壞了兩根琴弦。s. 我家有件古樂(lè)器， 被稱作古鋼琴，是 1681 年德國(guó)造的。突然有人喊道：“已經(jīng) 12 點(diǎn)零 2 分了！ 那鐘已經(jīng)停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。再過(guò) 20 分鐘，大鐘將敲響 12 下。It39。他修筑了一條條整潔的小路，并在一個(gè)池塘上架了一 座小木橋。s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹里面裝的全 是石頭和沙子！ Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最 好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。數(shù)小時(shí)以前，有人向警方報(bào)告，說(shuō)有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。大家都認(rèn)識(shí)他 ，他叫珀西 .巴頓斯。我給了他一頓飯。就這樣，他開(kāi)始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。平赫特離錫爾伯里只有 5 英里，但詹姆斯 .斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一 部電話機(jī)，所以他買了只鴿子。他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小 汽車，現(xiàn)在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯。我在房間里 關(guān)了整整一天。我每天都想著明信片的事。去年夏天，我去了意大利。 “你在干什么？”她問(wèn)道?！闭? 這時(shí)，電話鈴響了。 那是個(gè)星期天，而在星期天我是從來(lái)不早起的，有時(shí)我要一直躺到吃午飯的時(shí)候。Do you always get up so late? It39。 she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,39。But I39。 she said. 39。s raining again.39。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回過(guò)頭去，生氣地說(shuō)：“我 一個(gè)字也聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)了！” “不關(guān)你的事，”那男的毫不客氣地說(shuō)，“這是私人間的談話！” Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays . I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 39。我的座位很好，戲很有意思，但我卻無(wú)法欣賞。 I said angrily. ‘It’s none of your business,39。Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人談話 Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did