【正文】 m e language. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had near ly r eached t he town, when t he young m an suddenly said, very slowly, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Alison, wil sail f rom Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal m et him at the har bour early in the m orning. He wil be in his sm al boat , Topsail. Tapsail is a fam ous lit tle boat . It has sailed acr oss the At lantic many tim es. Captain Alison wil set out at eight o39。 Har ry said, 39。2. To my sur prise, he gave me the m oney im m ediat ely. 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r estaurant when Har ry St eele came in. Har r y wor ked in a lawyer 39。s two m inutes past twelve! The clock has st oped!39。 tim e. Fif teen minut es passed and t hen, at five to t welve, the clock st opped. The big m inute hand did not m ove. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing happened. Sudenly som eone shouted, 39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows m ore f lower s and veget ables, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wins ever y tim e. Bil Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked me for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n ret urn f or this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate t he food and drank t he 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 nam e is Per cy But ons. He cals at every house in the str eet once a month and always asks f or a meal and a glass of beer . Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives wer e wait ing at t he air por t al mor ning. They wer e expecting a valuable parcel of diam ond fr om Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hour s ear lier , someone had told the police that thieves would tr y t o steal the diam onds. When t he plane arrived, some of the det ect ives wer e wait ing inside the m ain building while ot her s wer e wait ing on the air field. Two m en took t he par cel of f the plane and car ied it into the Cust om s House. While t wo detectives were keeping guard at he door , two others opened t he parcel. To t heir surpr ise, the pr ecious par cel was ful of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den in our town. Near ly everybody enters for 39。t it upside down ?39。 she said, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about 39。 he said. I wonder . I n England, each m an speaks a dif f er ent language. The English underst and each ot her , but I don39。You39。I am a for eigner ,39。 lesson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The r ailway station was big, black and dar k. I did not know t he way to my hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke English very car efuly, but very clear ly as wel. The por t er , however , could not underst and m e。 I said t o the m anager , 39。 she said. 39。I f ound this out side this gent leman39。 he said. He start ed to plain about this wicked wor ld but was int er upted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t contained amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。m not r ealy inter est ed in fishing. I am only int erested in sit ting in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowly driving m e m ad. I live near an air port and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was built during the war , but f or som e r eason it could not be used then. Last year , however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f rom t heir hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som etim es I think this house wil be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm ined t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e pr obably right . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceiving a let ter fr om a gir l of her own age in Holand. Last year , we wer e tr aveling across t he Chanel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it int o a bot le. She t hr ew t he botle int o the sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten m ont hs lat er , she received a let er f r om a gir l in Holand. Both gir ls wr it e t o each ot her regular ly now. However, t hey have decided t o use the post ofice. Let ers wil cost a lit t 1e mor e, but they wil cer t ainly tr avel faster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om my sist er yest er day. She lives in Niger ia. In her let ter , she said that she would e to England next year . If she es, she wil get a surpr ise. We are now living in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun before my sist er left . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. I n my let er, I told her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a ver y m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o some people. It must be the only modern house in the dist r ict. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 But they don39。 It39。You must give up fishing! 39。I m ight as wel have them, 39。but they are for next Wednesday39。Cer tainly, 39。Could I have those t wo ticket s please ?39。Cer t ainly, 39。Can I r etur n these two ticket s?39。What a pit y! 39。ve sold out ,39。I 39。M ay I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he said 39。 The inn keeper smiled and im mediat ely went out. In a few minut es he r et urned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t pay t he bil. I haven39。