【正文】 me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o Italy. I vi sit ed museums and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。s one o39。 she said. 39。 I r epeat ed.39。 I39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。m st il having breakfast,39。m ing to se you. 39。 she said. 39。 I39。s raining again.39。 I thought. 39。. Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes tay in bed unti l unch Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dark outside. 39。 the young man sai d rudely. 39。 It39。t hear awor d!39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, Lesson 1 A private conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heatre. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y interest ing. I did not enj oy i t. A young man and a young woman were sit ing behind me. They were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound t his out si de t hi s gent lem an39。 he sai d. He start ed t o pl ai n about t his wi cked worl d but was i nt er rupt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。Everyone39。s not t here now.39。 I said, 39。 50 and I f el t ver y upset.39。m not real ly i nt er est ed i n fi shing. I am onl y interest ed i n sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owl y dr iving m e m ad. I l i ve near an air port and pasing pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was buil t duri ng t he war, but f or some r eason it could not be used then. Last year, however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away fr om thei r hom es by the noi se. I am one of the few people left . Som et imes I t hi nk t his house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of fered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det ermi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e pr obabl y ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , J ane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f r om a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel i ng acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t i nto a bot tle. She t hr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten m ont hs later, she r ecei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te t o each other r egul arl y now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e m or e, but t hey wil cer tainly t ravel fast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a leter fr om m y si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wil l get a sur prise. We are now l i vi ng i n a beauti ful new house i n the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun before my sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er, I tol d her t hat she could stay wi th us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a l ovely gar den. I t is a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange to some people. I t m ust be t he onl y m odern house i n t he di st ri ct. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hotel m anager 39。 But they don39。 It39。You must gi ve up f is hi ng!39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem,39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。Certai nl y, 39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。Cer tainly,39。Can I return t hese t wo ti cket s?39。What a pit y!39。ve sold out ,39。I 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sold 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 meal ?39。 leson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong pl ace, a tr af fi c poli cem an wi l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket . However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are som etim es ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on my car :39。t i nt er rupt,39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he s ai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr enwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wi l gi ve f i ve per f