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t and passing pl anes can be heard night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t could not be used then. Last year, however , it came i nt o 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. Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of money t o go away, but I am det er mi ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gir l of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we wer e tr avel ing a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on it int o a bott le. She threw the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ters wil l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She li ves in Ni geri a. I n her l et er , she said t hat she would e to England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving i n a beautif ul new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pl eted f ive mont hs ago. In m y let ter, I t old 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 lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so i t looks st r ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager 39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f ishing! 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 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 Sold 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 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 m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recogni ze. Short ly af terwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e go, however , he became a busdr iver and he was not r egr et t ed i t . He i s f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci t i ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Cat f or d St r eet r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai t i ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi t h t he m oney got such a f r i ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e t r yi ng t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of i t . Whi l e t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el e phoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。 gave39。t any in si ght : they had al run away! The man l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ling me about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o work in a smal l shop. It was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work fourt en hour s a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes . He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pri sing t hi ng about i t, however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車! Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f ield. As soon as thi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to r ain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound tha