【正文】 meal ?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 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。Could I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl 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。 It 39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal ly i nterested 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？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes ca n be hear d night and day. The air por t was built dur ing t he war, but f or som e reason it coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came into use. Over a hundred people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust 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 receiving a let er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr os the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and address on it i nto a bot tl e. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. 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 each 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 l et 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 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 pla i n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door . A gir l came in and put an envelope on hi s desk. I t cont ained amp。I found t hi s outside t his gent leman39。 she said. 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ailway st ation 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 car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and me。I am a f or ei gner , 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。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge St reet. Yester day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head 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 hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s name is Percy But t ons. He cal s at every house in the str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of diam ond f r om South Af r ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When the plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding whi le ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men t ook t he parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t i nto t he Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was ful l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den in our t own. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。 eac h year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fr it h39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and t hen, at fi ve to twelve, the clock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and waited, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s two mi nut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me the money im mediately. 39。 Har y said, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal m et him at the harbour ear ly i n the morning. He wi l l be in his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f amous lit tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boy