【正文】 had l unch at a vi lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。Di d you have a good 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 two ti ckets pl ease ?39。I 39。ve sold out ,39。What a pit y!39。Can I r eturn these two t ickets?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two t ickets please ?39。Cer tainly, 39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。You m ust give up f i shing! 39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shing. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng me mad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however , i t cam e into use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dr iven away fr om t hei r homes by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e lef t. Someti mes I think this house wil l be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of money t o go away, but I am deter mined t o st ay her e . Ever ybody says I must be m ad and t hey ar e probably r ight . Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let ter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Hol land. Last year , we were tr avel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on i t into a bot tl e. She t hrew the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of it again, but t en months l at er, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Both gir ls wr it e to ea ch other regular ly now. However, they have deci ded t o use the post of f ice. Let ters wi l cost a li t1e m ore, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f aster . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let er fr om m y si ster yester day. She l i ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l eter , she said t hat she would e to England next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se . We ar e now l iving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the countr y. Work on i t had begun befor e my sist er l ef t . The house was pl eted f ive months ago. In m y let ter, I t ol d her that she could stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e i s a lovely gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t looks st range to some people. It m ust be the onl y modern house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I said, 39。s not there now. 39。Ever yone39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about thi s wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I found thi s out side thi s gent leman39。 she sai d. 39。 I said t o the manager, 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived in 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 m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand m e。I am a for eigner ,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。about 39。about39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you like i t ?39。 It 39。 she sai d, 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate 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. Ever ybody knows hi m . 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 plane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l morning. 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 det ecti 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 men took t he pa r 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 others ope ned 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 time. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pa sed 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. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediatel y. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l fr om Por tsm outh t om orr ow. We shal m et hi m at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail . Tapsai l is a f am ous li tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss t he At l anti c m any t im es. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei g