【正文】 not underst and m e。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I found t hi s out si de t hi s gentl eman39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked worl d but was i nt er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not t here now.39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。m not r eal y i nt er est ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes 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 ai r port was buil t duri ng the war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr i ven away f r om t heir hom es by t he noi se. I am one of t he fe w people l eft. Som et im es I t hi nk t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dream ed of r eceivi ng a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t r aveli ng across the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bottl e i nt o t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en m onths l at er , she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o e ach ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post of fi ce. Let ers wil cost a li t 1e m ore, 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 er f r om m y si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next year. If she es, she wil l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house i n t he count r y. Wor k on i t had begun bef or e m y sist er l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 But t hey don39。 I t39。You m ust gi ve up fi shi ng!39。I mi ght as wel have t hem,39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。Cer t ainl y,39。Can I r et ur n t hese t wo t icket s?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 He of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she sa w a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answer s, 39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an f ir st bought a f ew sm al l arti cles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Ca pt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owing on t he ri ver . Sud