【正文】 ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence l ast year. Af t er I had l ef t a sm al l vil age i n t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On the way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good m or ni ng t o him i n Fr ench and he r epl i ed i n t he sam e l anguage. Apar t fr om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y said, ver y sl owl y, 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h woul d see m e. I f el t ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up f rom hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that he fi rm could not af or d t o pay such l ar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready l ef t. I knew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 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 i n the wr ong place, a t r af fi c pol i ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wit hout a t i cket. However , t hi s does not al ways happen. Tr af i c pol ice are someti mes very poli t e. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I found t hi s not e on m y car :39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an actr ess. She m ust be at least t hi rt yf i ve years ol d. I n spi t e of t his, she of ten appear s on t he st age as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year i n another pl ay, she had t o 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 answers, 39。 lesson18 He of t en 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 sai d. 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。I 39。ve sol d out,39。What a pi t y!39。Can I r et urn t hese t wo t icket s?39。Cert ai nly, 39。Could I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。Cer t ai nly, 39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Ial ways get up so l ate ? I t39。cl ock! 39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl ace s i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Silbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbur y. The bi rd covered t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s garden i s more inter est ing. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or the wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had ga thered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。I t39。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. It i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was made i n Germ any i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong to our f am ily for a l ong ti me. The i nst rum ent was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings wer e broken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a f ri end of my father 39。s off ice years ago, but he i s now worki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sa t at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money f r om m e. Whi l e he w