【正文】 s f ir st passe nger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet t has j ust r。Pi latus Port er39。t axi 39。 No Par king39。t i t upside down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l angua ge. The Engli sh under st and each other, but I don39。You39。I am a f or eigner, 39。 l esson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway 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 only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。 I said t o t he manager, 39。 she said. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 he said. He start ed to pl ain about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Everyone39。s not t her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。m not real y int erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom thei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et imes I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et er f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te to each other regularl y now. Howe ver , they have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l eter f rom my si st er yesterday. She l ives in Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my l et er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el manager39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Coul d I have those t wo t i ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Can I r etur n t hese t wo t i ckets?39。What a pi t y!39。ve sol d out,39。I 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。 The i nn keeper smi l ed and i mm edi at el y went out . I n a few m i nut es he r et ur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looki ng f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up! 39。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay here if you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r eminder. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。clock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At l ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ri ving here tomor row. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeti ng them at the st at ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or m y dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money fr om you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I as ked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr um ent . It is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t im e. The i nstr ument was bought by m y gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys