【正文】 Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？t realize one important thing. I39。s a waste of time.39。 my friends say.39。Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 39。 I said sadly.39。but they are for next Wednesday39。Certainly, 39。 I asked.39。Certainly,39。 he asked.39。 Susan exclaimed.39。ve sold out,39。I39。 I asked.I hurried to the ticketoffice. 39。 Susan answered.39。 I said.39。 he said 39。I39。t got my bag.39。but I can39。Yes, thank you,39。Did you have a good meal ?39。After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn39。My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirtyfive years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orangecoloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。 If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:39。100 a year!t interrupt,39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when. I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had e. 39。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself! After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers39。Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。 Harry said, 39。2. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer39。s.Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!39。 time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith39。Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。 the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!Lesson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone 6 Percy Buttons 珀西s garden is larger than Joe39。The Nicest Garden Competition39。Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened巴頓斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the