【正文】 wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。The Nicest Gar den Com pet it i on39。 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi dedown ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about 39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f orei gner,39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he wa y t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por t er , however, c oul d not under st and m e。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound thi s out si de t hi s gentl em an39。 he sai d. He start ed t o pl ai n about t his wi cked wor l d but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now. 39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。m not real y i nt er est ed in f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed in sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he f e w peopl e left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wil be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am determ ined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r i ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we wer e t r avel ing acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her nam e and addr es on i t int o a bot tl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but t en mont hs l at er, she recei ved a l et er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar l y now. However, t hey have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e m or e, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She li ves in Ni geri a. I n her l et er , she sai d t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l ivi ng i n a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e m y si st er left . The house was plet ed f i ve m ont hs ago. I n my l et t er , I tol d her t hat she coul d st ay wi th us. The house has m any lar ge rooms and t her e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y m odern house, so it l ooks st range to some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di str ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el manager39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f is hi ng!39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Coul d I have those t wo t i ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Can I ret ur 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 ti cket s please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。I 39。t got m y bag.39。but I can39。Yes, t hank you, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 lesson18 H e of t en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l eft it on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 I f you r eceive a r equest l i ke t his, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act r ess. She m ust be at least t hi rt yf i ve years ol d. I n spi t e of t his, she of ten appear s on t he st age as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。 100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af ic poli cem an wil l s oon f i nd i t. You wil be ver y l ucky if he l ets you go wi t hout a ti cket. However, t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y polit e. Duri ng a hol i day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on m y car: 39。t i nter upt,39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi msel f ! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e t hat Mr . Harm swor th woul d see m e. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He di d not look up f r om his desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi nes s was very bad. He t ol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wi l l be t r yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng exper i ence l ast