【正文】 s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。and it39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。t realize one i mport ant t hi ng. I 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 my fr iends say.39。 I said s adly. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avouri te sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout catching anythi ng. But thi s does not worr y m e. Some f ishermen a r e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi t h an empty bag. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。t he gir l said, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclai med. Just t hen, a man hur ri ed to t he ti cket off i ce. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off ice. 39。It m ay have begun al ready, 39。The play m ay begin at any mom ent ,39。 My dog had taken it i nt o t he gar den. He of ten does this.39。Im ver y sor ry, 39。t got my bag.39。but I can39。Yes, thank you, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age inn, I looked f or my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 If you r ecei ve a request l i ke t hi s, you cannot fai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er 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 gi r 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 short 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 ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wi t hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af f ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on my car: 39。t i nter upt, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl is h him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se m e. I f elt very nervous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was ver y bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year. Af ter I had l eft 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 m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to hi m 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 . Neither 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。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Har y sai d, 39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im medi ately. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a lawyer39。s t wo mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has stopped! 39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive to twel ve, the cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows mor e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yester day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour told me about him . Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in the str et once a month a nd al ways asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of di am ond f r om South Af r ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When the plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding while ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men t ook t he parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t i nto t he Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was ful l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s