【正文】 r om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal l m eet hi m at the harbour ear ly in t he morni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat , Topsail. Tapsail i s a famous l it tle boat . I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying 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 angecolour 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 gi ve up f i s hi ng! 39。 I t 39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal l y i nt er est ed i n f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n si t t i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dr i vi ng m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and pass i ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The 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 a nd the wom an angr il y. They 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 i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 I t hought. 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I39。 she said. 39。m i ng to see you.39。But I 39。 I sai d. 39。 she asked. 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Dear me,39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。cl ock!39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about post car ds. M y holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y fr i ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g decisi on. I got up earl y and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day i n m y r oom, but I di d not wri t e a si ngl e card ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f rom m y br ot her, Tim . He is i n Austr al i a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f irm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces i n Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ic e Spri ngs, a smal t own i n the cent r e of Aust r al i a. He wi l soon visit Dar win. From ther e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t