【正文】 s I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . 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Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bri ght, orange coloured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。m very sor ry,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor ry, we39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan excl ai m ed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per for mance. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s a waste of t ime.39。t r eali z e one impor tant thing. I39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。and it 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Wel l,39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。l l s oon learn Engl ish!39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。s al ri ght,39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i