【正文】 ying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t ime, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he same on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good mor ni 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 . Neit her 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 sel f! 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 nervous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。t int er upt ,39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c policeman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 I f you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings. Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight, or ange colour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。 l eson18 He of ten does thi s! 他經(jīng) 常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t 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 my 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。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。I m i ght as wel l have them, 39。You m ust give up f is hing! 39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shing. I am onl y int er est ed in sit ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t could not be used then. Last year, however , it came i nt 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 t he few people l ef t . Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge 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 obabl y ri ght . Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei ving a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tle into the sea. She never t hought of i t again, but ten mont hs l ater, she received a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f i ve m onths ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st r ange t o som e peopl e. I t m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st r i ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。 50 and I f el t ver y upset . 39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now. 39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi r l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em an39。 she Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. The y did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。t hear a wor d!39。 I t39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay