【正文】 e to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the postoffice. Letters will cost a litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster.去年，當我們橫渡英吉利海峽時，簡把寫有她姓名和住址的一張紙條裝進了一只瓶子，又將瓶子扔進了大海。但10個月以后，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信。然而她們還是決定利用郵局。Lesson23 A new house 新居I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would e to England next year. If she es, she will get a surprise. We are now昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亞。如果她來了，她會感到非常驚奇了。這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了，是在5個月以前竣工的。這棟房子里有許多房間，還有一個漂亮的花園。它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。s office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.39。 I said, 39。s not there now.39。Everyone39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $5o. 39。s room39。Well,39。there is still some honesty in this world!’我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱?！苯?jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力。他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。它里面裝著50英鎊。“是啊，”我對那位經(jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實可言的！”Lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me。I am a foreigner,39。You39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。我終于到了倫敦。我不知道去飯店的路該怎么走，于是向一個搬運工打聽。然而搬運工卻不明白我的話。他終于聽懂了?！拔沂莻€外國人，”我說。我的老師從來不那樣講英語！我和搬運工相視一笑。“您會很快學會英語的！”他說。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。about39。about39。 What are you doing ?39。 I39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。 It39。 she said, 39。t it upsidedown ?39。我是個學藝術的學生，畫了很多畫。當然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒有的。我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現(xiàn)代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多。昨天她到我房里來了。傍晚時分，孩子們在田野中央搭起了帳篷。他們?nèi)拣I了，飯菜散發(fā)出陣陣香味。但過了一陣子。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他們都睡得很香。原來帳篷里到處都是水！他們?nèi)继鏊艿酵饷?。那小溪彎彎曲曲穿過田野，然后正好從他們的帳篷底下流過去。 No Parking39。他剛在城里買下一所新房子，但自從搬進去后，就和汽車及車主們發(fā)生了磨擦。為此，他甚至一次也沒能把自己的車開進車庫。現(xiàn)在他把一個丑陋的石雕頭像放在了大門上邊，這是我見過的最丑陋的頭像之一。賈斯珀希望她把汽車和車主們都變成石頭。taxi39。Pilatus Porter39。s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.這輛“出租汽車”是一架小型瑞士飛機，叫““號。然而，最令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至剛耕過的田里。從那時開始，弗西特機長已經(jīng)載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方。弗西特機長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。Lesson30t any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.我喜歡在天氣晴朗的下午到河邊坐坐。于是我和往常一樣，又去河邊坐著。突然，一個孩子狠狠地踢了一腳球，球便向著一只劃過來的小船飛去。球重重地打在他身上，使他差點兒落入水中。他大聲叫著那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。s bicycle!他那時的工作是修理自行車，并且通常是一天工作14個小時。20多歲的時候，弗蘭克曾生產(chǎn)飛機零配件。幾年之后，小鋪子已經(jīng)發(fā)展成了一個雇有728人的大工廠。他正笑著的時候門開了，他的妻子走了進來。Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shopassistant was her daughter. The girl39。 her mother a free dress once a week !偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候都更強烈 特別是在大的商店里。有一個星期一，當這位婦女走進這家商場時，里面的人比往常少，因此，偵探比較容易監(jiān)視她。過了一會兒，她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。然后，那婦女拿過包就走出了商場，根本沒有付錢。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來那售貨員是她的女兒。幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。天將黑時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海里。在那段時間里，她游了8英里。到達岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。第二天她醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wonderedamused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!丹奇怪警察為什么找他，但昨天還是去了，結果他一再擔心了。那位警察對他說，那輛自行車是5天前在400英里外的一個小村里發(fā)現(xiàn)的，現(xiàn)在正用火車給他運回家來。這是20年前丹還是一個15歲的孩子時被人偷走的！Lesson35 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的后尾上。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o39。s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項新的世界紀錄。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發(fā)。黛比計劃每兩小時休息一下。黛比的大部分同學將在英國海岸等候她。 time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 39。Olympic City39。4年以后，奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。他們還將修筑一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好；到明年年底，他們將把新體育場建成。我們都非常激動，盼望著奧運會的到來，因為在這個國家里還從未舉辦過奧運會。我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區(qū)。他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進去。因為即使那時仍為夏季，但雨總是下個不停，而且常常冷得厲害。他的舉動就好像他從未在英國生活過一樣。他多年來的幻想從此破滅。Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert39