【正文】 ning t hey wi l l be singi ng at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or m y dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om m e. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end me amp。i nst r um ent. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng repair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me the m oney i mmediat el y. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Char l es Al i son, wil l sai l fr om Port smouth t omorr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f amous li tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be s taying for fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t ime. They wil l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I drove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I said good mor ning t o him in Fr ench and he r eplied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j ourney. I had near l y reached t he town, when the young man suddenly sai d, very sl owly, 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me that Mr . Har mswort h would see m e. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 I said in a weak voi ce. 39。t i nt er upt ,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 t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af f ic poli cem an wil l soon f ind i t. You wi l be ver y lucky if he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not al ways happen. Traf i c pol ice ar e som eti mes ver y pol it e. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I found t hi s not e on m y car :39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l i ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east thir t y fi ve year s ol d. I n spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. This ti m e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es 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 , or ange col our ed dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。 l eson18 H e of ten does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l eft it on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。Yes, t hank you,39。but I can39。t got m y bag. 39。I 39。 he sai d 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 I said. 39。 Susan answered. 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。I 39。ve sold out, 39。What a pit y! 39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。Cer tai nl y,39。Could I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。You m ust give up f is hing! 39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not real y int er est ed in f ishing. I am only inter est ed in sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passing planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay here . Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h 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 the 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 er s wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but they wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f rom