【正文】 s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi lage i n the Welsh mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di 。Pi latus Port er39。t axi 39。 No Parki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。You39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英 語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I said t o the manager, 39。 she sai d. 39。I found thi s out side thi s gent leman39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shing. I am onl y int er est ed in sit ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t could not be used then. Last year, however , it came i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l ef t . Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght . Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs l ater, she received a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post of ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi 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 i ve m onths ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y moder n house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f ishing! 39。I m i ght as wel l have them, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y,39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。What a pit y! 39。ve sold out, 39。I 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 Susan answered. 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。I 39。t got my bag. 39。but I can39。Yes, t hank you,39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 l eson18 He of ten does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 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 ive 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 long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c policeman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。t int er upt ,39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y nervous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t ime, 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 ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he same on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講