【正文】 t pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。s gar den i s l arger than Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 No Par ki ng39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It39。s a new one. Do you l i ke i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doing ?39。about 39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a for ei gner, 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i 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 way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but very cl earl y as wel . The port er , however, could not under st 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 gent leman39。 he said. He st ar ted t o pl ain about t his wicked worl d but was i nter rupted by a knock at he 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 her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。 50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。m not real y i nt er est ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n si ti ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e sl owl 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 air port was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however , i t cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e m ust have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I t hi nk t hi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o st ay her e. Everybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obabl y ri ght . Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei ving a l et er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nto a bot tl 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 ont hs l at er , she r ecei ved a l et er f r om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o ea ch ot her r egularl y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t 1e m ore, but t hey wil l cert ai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si st er yest er day. She li ves i n Ni ger i a. 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 ar e now l ivi ng i n a beaut if ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef or e m y si st er l eft . The house was pl eted f i ve m ont hs ago. I n m y l et ter, I t old her t hat she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any l ar ge r oom s and there 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 m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f ishing!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 t i ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Can I r et ur n these t wo t i ckets?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。 Lesson19 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。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vi l age inn, I l ooked for my bag. I had l eft it on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot f ail t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of thi s, she of t 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 t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dr ess and long black stocki ngs. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli t e request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af i c pol icem an wil l soon f i nd it. You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on m y car: 39。t int er r upt, 39。 I sai d i n a we ak voi ce. 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h woul d see m e. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was ver y bad. He tol d m e t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar i 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 enwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f i ve days. Dur ing t his t im e, t hey wi l gi ve f i ve