【正文】 nch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。 she Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。I f ound this out si de thi s gentl eman39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked 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。Everyone39。s not t her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I f elt ver y upset. 39。m not real l 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 l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used then. 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 the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Som etim es I t hi nk thi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned 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 glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and address on it i nt o a bot l e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, 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 gir ls wr it e t o ea ch ot her r egul ar l y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off i ce. Let t er s wil l cost a l it 1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 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 t er , she said 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 are now l i vi ng in a beauti f ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and t here i s a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he only 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。 It 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng!39。I m ight 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 ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Can I r etur n t hese t wo t i ckets?39。What a pi ty!39。ve sol d out ,39。I 39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。I 39。t got my bag.39。but I can39。Yes, t hank you,39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now i t wasn39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at l east hir t y fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have t o t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year in another play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answers, 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car i n t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af ic poli cem an wil l soon 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 pol i ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol i day i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on m y car:39。t i nt er r upt ,39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not affor d to pay such lar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti m e. They wil l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a sm al vil lage i n the sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On the way, a young m an waved t o m e. I stopped and he asked m e f or a li ft. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Nei t he r of us spoke dur i ng the j our n