【正文】 st reet si gns. This note i s only a remi nder .39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to be gr own up!39。t there ! As I was looking f or it, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answered, 39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m oment ,39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。 I asked. 39。ve sol d out, 39。What a pi ty! 39。Can I r etur n these two ti ckets?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two tickets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 It 39。 But they don39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed 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？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. 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, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det erm ined to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t raveli ng a cr oss the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o the s ea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et er f rom a gir l in Holland. Both gi rl s wr ite to ea ch other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t ravel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f rom my si st er yesterday. She l ives i n Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I told her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only moder n house i n the di st ri ct. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now.39。Ever yone39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。I found thi s out si de thi s gent leman39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to m y hotel, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。I am a for ei gner ,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。about39。about 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 I39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I t39。 she said, 39。t it upsidedown ?39。 No Parki ng39。t axi39。Pi lat us Por ter39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request f r om a busi ness m an. The m an want ed t o f l y t o Rockal l , a l onel y i sl and i n t he At l ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because t he t r i p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足 Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two othe rs opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差 的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was