【正文】 d sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had e. 39。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself! After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers39。Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。 Harry said, 39。2. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer39。s.Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!39。 time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。Lesson30. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett39。 is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 39。Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 39。 signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn motorists to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with motorists. when he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleepingbags were warm and fortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleepingbags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent! I looked at it again. She was right! It was!but isn39。s all right,39。 She looked at it critically for a moment.39。It39。m hanging this picture on the wall,39。 she asked. 39。 anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. 39。. Of course, many pictures arc not 39。I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 39。t understand them ! Do they speak English ?ll soon learn English!39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 39。 I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 39。lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？there is still some honesty in this world !39。Well,39。s room39。5o. 39。s losing money these days,39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。and it39。 I left the money in my room,39。s office and sat down. I had just lost amp。Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would e to England next year. If she es, she will get a surprise. We are nowMy daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the postoffice. Letters will cost a litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster. Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody