【正文】 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 i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. Howe ver, 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 er fr om m y si ster yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter , she said t hat she would e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun befor e my 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 stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge rooms and t her e is a lovely garden. It i s a ver y modern house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager 39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f is hing! 39。I mi ght as wel have them, 39。but they are for next Wednesday39。Cert ainly, 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo t ickets please ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Can I r eturn these two t ickets?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。 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 eson18 He of ten does t hi s! 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。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot fai l t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spite of t his, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n t he play, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answer s, 39。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi 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 f ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on my car: 39。t i nter upt, 39。 I sai d in a we ak voi ce. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar i es. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f lew f r om Bir mingham t o a lonely vil lage in t he Welsh m ount ains. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser t ed car par k. Capt ain Fawcet t has just r ef used a st range r equest f r om a business m an. The m an want ed t o f ly t o Rockal, a lonely island in t he At lant ic Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet t did not t ake him because t he t rip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball or polo? 足 t he pol i ce wi l have a di f fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying t o keep order. I t is always t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vi lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the 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 in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the sa me l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neither of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly re ached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。Pilat us Por t er39。t axi39。 No Par king39。t it upside down ?39。 she said, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。I 39。What ar e you doing ?39。about 39。about 39。 he said. I wonder. I n England, each m an speaks a dif f er ent language. The English under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or eigner ,39。 lesson25 Do t he English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ Iar r ived in London at last . The r ailway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I did not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not only spoke English ver y car ef uly, but ver y clear ly as well. The por t er, however , could not under st and m e。 I said t o t he m anager, 39。 she said. 39。I f ound t his out side t his gent lem an39。 he said. He st ar t ed t o plain about t his wicked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ained amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。m not r ealy int er est ed in f ishing. I am only int er est ed in sit t ing in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 M ad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowly dr iving m e m ad. I live near an air por t and passing planes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away f r om t heir hom es by t he noise. Iam one of t he f ew people lef t . Som etim es I t hink t his house wil be knocked down by a passi