【正文】 entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me that he f irm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。t inter upt, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in the wrong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wil l soon f ind it. You wil be very l ucky if he l et s you go without a ti cket. However, thi s does not always happen. Trafi c poli ce are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car :39。 If you r eceive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act res. She must be at l east t hi rty five years old. I n spit e of t hi s, she often appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wi l have to take part in a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she must appear i n a br ight red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year i n another play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orangecol oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answers, 39。 l esson18 He oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ After I had had lunch at a vi l l age inn, I looked f or my bag. I had left it on a chai r besi de t he door and now it wasn39。Did you have a good meal ?39。Yes, thank you, 39。but I can39。t got my bag.39。I 39。 he sai d 39。 Less on19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 I sai d. 39。 Susan ans wer ed. 39。May I have t wo t i cket s pl ease ?39。I 39。ve sol d out , 39。What a pi t y! 39。 she said. 39。s one o39。Leson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o Italy. I vi sit ed museums and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glas of beer. In r etur n for t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate t he f ood and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t ol d me about him. Everybody knows hi m. His name is Percy But t ons. He cal s at every house in the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few hour s earl ier, someone had told t he poli ce that hi eves would t ry to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ing inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men took t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed i t i nt o the Customs House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To their surpr ise, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden i n our town. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bil works harder than Joe and gr ows more f lower s and veget ables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nutes pased and then, at f ive t o twelve, the clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s t wo minut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r estaur ant when Hary St ele came i n. Har ry worked in a lawyer 39。2. To my surpri se, he gave me the money immediately. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wil sai l f rom Portsmout h tomor row. We shal met hi m at he harbour earl y in the morning. He wi l l be in his smal l boat , Topsail. Tapsail is a f amous l it tle boat . I t has ailed acr oss the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wil l be stayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing this ti me, they wil give five per formances. As usual , t he police wil l have a dif ficult time. They wil be tr yi ng t o kee p or der. It i s always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age in t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next town. On the way, ayoung man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for ali ft. As soon as he had got into t he car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in t he same l anguage. Apart f rom a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had nearl y reached the town, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y slowly, 39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engl ish hi mself! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told me t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nto his of fi ce. He did not look up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me tha t he f irm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。t inter upt, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in the wrong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wil l soon f ind it. You wil be very l ucky if he l et s you go without a ti cket. However, thi s does not always happen. Trafi c poli ce are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car :39。 If you r eceive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act res. She must be a