【正文】 t it upsidedown ?39。 she said, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doing ?39。about 39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。You39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to m y hotel, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I found thi s out si de thi s gent leman39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed 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 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, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det erm ined to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 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 rave li ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hr 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 Holland. Both gi rl s wr ite to each other regularl y now. However , 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 et er f rom my si st er yesterday. She l ives i n Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next year . 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 i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my let 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 moder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。 But they don39。 It 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two tickets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Can I r etur n these two ti ckets?39。What a pi ty! 39。ve sol d out, 39。 I asked. 39。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。The pl ay may begi n at any m oment ,39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or it, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to be gr own up!39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a remi nder .39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t old m e I would r eceive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr. Harm swor th, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and then we shal l say goodbye t o him. He wil l be away for two months. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e t om orr ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ain and most of the young people i n t he town wi l l be m et ing t hem at the stati on. Tomor row evening they wil l be si nging at the Workers39。so now you c an pay for my di nner !39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s of f ice year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t bac k. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whil e he was eating, I asked him t o lend 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 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 i nst r um ent was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。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. Ev