【正文】 er y ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busi nes was very bad. He told me t hat the f ir m could not af ord to pay such l ar ge salaries. Twent y people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for five days. During t hi s t ime, t hey wil l gi ve f ive perf or mances. As usual, the poli ce wi l have a di fi cult t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep order . I t is al ways the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Aft er I had left a smal l vil lage i n the sout h of France, I drove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As oon as he had got i nt o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he r epli ed i n the same language. Apar t f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had near ly reached t he t own, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charles Ali son, wil l sail fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at the harbour ear ly i n the mor ni ng. He wil be in his smal boat, Topsai is afamous li t le boat. It has sai led across t he At l ant i c many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Har y said, 39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mmediately. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來(lái) I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。s two minutes past twelve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s f irst pas enger was a doct or who fl ew from Bi rmi ngham to a lonel y vi lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet has f lown pase nger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet has just refused a str ange r equest from a busi nesman. The man want ed t o fly t o Rockal , a l onely island in the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是 水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver that cut s across the par k near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayle on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r iver bank as usual. Some chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peo pl e on t he b Joe39。Pilatus Por ter39。t axi39。 No Parking39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 she said, 39。 It39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or ei gner,39。 l esson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ari ved in London at l ast. The r ai lway stati on was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way t o my hotel, so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English ver y carefull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel. The port er , however, could not understand me。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 she said. 39。I found this outsi de t hi s gentleman39。 he said. He started to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。Everyone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I felt very upset. 39。m not real ly interest ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed in sit ting i n a boat and doing nothing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving me mad. I l ive near an airport and passi ng 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 it could not be used then. Last year , however, it came into use. Over a hundr ed people must have been driven away fr om thei r homes by the noi se. I am one of the few people left . Somet imes I t hink this house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fered a lar ge sum of money t o go away, but I am determi ned to stay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e pr obabl y right. Leson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of recei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holland. Last year , we were t ravel ing across t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bott le. She threw the bot tle i nt o the sea. She never thought of it agai n, but ten months later, she recei ved a leter fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egul ar ly now. However, they have decided to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om my si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she said t hat she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wil l get a surpri se. We ar e now livi ng i n a beauti ful new house in the count ry. Work on it had begun before my sister lef t. The house was pl et ed f ive months ago. I n my let er , I told her t hat she could stay with us. The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e i s a lovely garden. It is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks str ange to some people. It must be t he onl y modern house in the distri ct . Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hotel manager39。 But they don39。 It39。You must gi ve up f ishing!39。I