【正文】 nd now i t wasn39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。Yes, thank you,39。but I can39。t got my bag.39。I 39。 he sai d 39。 Lesson19 Sold 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 for next Wednesday39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 It 39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt erested in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! 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 rport was bui lt duri ng the war , but for 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 peopl e 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 money t o go away, but I am det er m i ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probably r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 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 fr om a gir l i n 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 more, 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 f rom my sister yest erday. She l ives in Nigeri a. I n her let er, she said that she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wi l l get a surpri se. We are now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the count ry. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t. The house was pl eted f ive months 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 rooms and t her e i s a l ovel y gar den. It is a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri c t. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager39。 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 start ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。I f ound t his outsi de t his gentl em an39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i ved i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel . The por ter, however, coul d not under st and m e。I am a forei gner ,39。You39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif fer ent language. The English understand each ot her , but I don39。about39。about39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I t39。 she said, 39。t it ups idedown ?39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved to a house in Bri dge Str et . Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et urn f or this, the beggar stood on hi s hea d and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glass of beer . Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had tol d the pol ice that thi eves would t r y to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whi le other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at he door , two others opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the cloc k stopped. The big minut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the money i mme diatel y. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at t he har bour ear ly i n t he morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous li t le boat. I t has sailed across the At l ant ic m any t im es. Capt ain Al i son wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be sta ying f or fi ve days. Duri ng th