【正文】 Thi s ti me, 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 t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dress. 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 l unch at a vi l age inn, I l ooked for my bag. I had l eft it on a chair beside t he door and now it 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 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 I sai d. 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。I 39。ve sol d out,39。What a pi t y! 39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。Cer t ai nl y,39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。I m i ght as wel have them,39。You m ust give up f ishi ng!39。 I t39。 But the y don39。m not r eal y i nt er est ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n si t ing i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeropl anes ar e sl owl y dri ving m e mad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and passi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was bui lt dur ing t he war, but f or som e r eason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Som etim es I t hi nk this house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng pl ane. I have been of fer ed a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay her e. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obabl y ri ght . Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei vi ng a l et t er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m ont hs l at er , she r ecei ved a l et er f r om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her r egularl y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t 1e m ore, but t hey wil l cert ai nl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yest er day. She li ves i n Ni ger i a. I n her l et er , she said t hat 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 ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any large r oom s and there i s a l ovely gar den. I t i s a very moder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent ered t he hot el m anager 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 I said, 39。s not ther e now. 39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。I found t his outside t his gentleman39。 she gar den i s l arger than Joe39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。I t39。 I looked at m y wa tch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our f ami ly f or a long t ime. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi si t or . She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and ne ver pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。clock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wi l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At l ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and m ost of the young peopl e in the town wil l be meeting them at the stat ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Worker s39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr . Harm swor th, 39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay here if you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r em inder.3