【正文】 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she said, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about 39。about39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif ferent language. The Engl ish understand each ot her , but I don39。You39。I am a f orei gner ,39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el , so I asked a port er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car eful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under stand me。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 she said. 39。I f ound this out si de this gentl eman39。 he sai d. He st art ed t o pl ain about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。Ever yone39。s not ther e now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I f el t ver y upset. 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined 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 dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her name and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten m ont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wri te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nly t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . 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 large r ooms and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a very moder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the dist ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。 But t hey don39。 It 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。I mi ght as wel have them,39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Cert ai nly, 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。Cert ainly, 39。Can I r et urn t hese t wo t icket s?39。What a pi ty!39。ve sol d out ,39。I 39。May I have two ti cket s pl ease ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I said. 39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he said 39。 The innkeeper smi led and im mediatel y went out . I n a f ew m inutes he ret urned wi th m y bag and gave it back to me. 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or i t, t he i nnkeeper cam e i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er i bl e to be gr own up!39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e i s only a remi nder. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and t ol d me I woul d r ec ei ve an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or m y dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s off ice years ago, but he i s now worki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end me amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to 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 instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d( 翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rument was bought by my grandf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng repair ed by a f ri end of my father 39。I t 39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for