【正文】 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(dú)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 mornings 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 ze 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 soon 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(píng)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 Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!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 my sur pri se, he gave me the money i mmediat el y. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char les Al ison, wil sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he pol i ce wi l have a di f fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying t o keep order. I t is always t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vi lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good morni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neither of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af ford to pay such large salar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady left . I knew that m y tur n had e. 39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。t inter rupt, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a t icket. However, thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes very poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on my car :39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear i n a br i ght r ed dress and l ong black stocki ngs. 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 a