【正文】 or eigner, 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r i ved i n London at l ast. The r ailway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very caref ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。 I said to t he manager , 39。 she said. 39。I f ound t his outside t his gentl em an39。 he said. He start ed to pl ai n about t his wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。Everyone39。s not t her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。m not real y i nt erested in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o sta y here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obably ri 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 f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a l et ter fr om a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next ye ar . I f she es, she wi l l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my l et er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y moder n house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hot el manager39。 But they 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 tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer t ai nly,39。Can I r et urn t hese t wo t icket s?39。What a pit y!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。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he said 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。 l esson18 H e oft 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。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi 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 least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br i ght, or ange col our ed dress. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c poli ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。t inter rupt, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish himself ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr etar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswor t h would see me. I felt very ner vous when. I went i nto hi s off ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was very bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ord to pay such large salari es. Twenty people had alr eady left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t ime. They wi l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car , I sai d good morni ng to hi m i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, ver y slowl y, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t l