【正文】 d, ve ry sl owly, 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me that Mr . Har mswort h would see m e. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat the f ir m coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon f ind it . You wil l be ver y lucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not always happen. Traf fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on m y car :39。 I f you r eceive a r equest l i ke t his, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She m ust be at l east t hi rt y fi ve year s old. I n spi te of t hi s, she oft en appears on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni f er wi l have to t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answer s, 39。 l eson18 He of ten does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。Yes, t hank you,39。but I can39。t got m y 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 two t ickets pl ease ?39。I 39。ve sold out ,39。What a pit y! 39。Can I retur n t hese two ti cket s?39。Cer tai nl y,39。Could I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tai nl y, 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not real y int erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom thei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et imes I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er f rom my si st er yesterday. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next year . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in the count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I tol d her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e is a lovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It must be the only moder n house i n the di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager39。50 and I f elt very upset .39。 I sai d, 39。s not there now. 39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 she said. 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。 l esson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel, so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very caref ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。I am a f or eigner, 39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f f er ent l anguage. The Engl i sh under st and each ot her , but I don39。about 39。about 39。I can39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。s none of your bus ines, 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。What a day! 39。I t 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。I 39。 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。What are you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I repeat ed. 39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useum s and sat i n publ ic ga r dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glass of beer . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his