Lesson22 A glass enve lope 玻璃信 封 My da ughte r, Jane, n ever dre amed of re ceivi ng a lette r f rom a girl of he r own age in Ho lland . L ast yea r, we were tra velli ng acros s the Chan nel and Ja ne put a piec e of paper wi th her nam e and addr ess on it int o a b ottle . S he thre w t he bottl e into the s ea. She nev er thou ght of it aga in, but te n m onths l ater, sh e r eceiv ed a lette r from a girl i n H ollan d. Both gi rls wri te to each o ther reg ularl y n ow. How ever, th ey have de cided to u se the pos t-offi ce. Let ters wil l cost a litt 1e more , b ut they wi ll certa inly tr avel fas ter.
Lesson21 Mad or no t? 是 不是疯 了？ A erop lanes are s lowly driv ing m e mad. I li ve ne ar an airp ort an d pas sing plane s can be he ard n ight and d ay. T he air port was b uilt durin g the war, but f or so me rea son i t cou ld no t be u sed t hen. Last year, howe ver, i t
ca me into us e. Over a hun dred peo ple mus t h ave been d riven aw ay from th eir home s by the noi se. I am one of the f ew peopl e left. So metim es I think th is hous e w ill be kno cked dow n b y a p assin g plane . I ha ve been of fered a la rge sum of mo ney to go awa y, but I am d eterm ined to sta y here. Ev erybo dy says I mus t be mad and th ey are pro bably ri ght.
Lesson23
A new hous e 新居 I ha d a le tter f rom my sist er yes terda y. She live s in Ni geria . In h er let ter, s he sa id tha t she w ould come t o Engl and n ext ye ar. If she c omes, she wi ll ge t a sur prise . We a re now li ving i n a be autif ul new house in th e coun try. W ork o n it ha d begu n bef ore my siste r lef t. The house was c omple ted fi ve mon ths a go. In my let ter, I told her t hat sh e coul d stay with us. Th e hou se has many l arge rooms and th ere i s a lov ely ga rden. It is a ver y mode rn hou se, so it lo oks st rang e to s ome pe ople. It mus t be t he onl y mod ern ho use in the d istri ct.
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Lesson20 One man in a bo at 独 坐孤舟 F ish ing i s my favou rite sport . I of ten f ish f or ho urs wi thout catc hing anyth ing. But th is do es no t wor ry me . Some fish ermen are unluc ky. In stead of c atchi ng fi sh, t hey c atch o ld bo ots a nd ru bbish . I am even less luck y. I n ever catch anyt hing- not e ven ol d boo ts. A fter havin g spen t who le mo rning s on the ri ver, I alw ays g o hom e with an e mpty bag. ' You m ust g ive u p fis hing! ' my f riend s say .' It 's a w aste of t imห้องสมุดไป่ตู้.' But t hey d on't reali ze on e imp ortan t thin g. I' m not real ly in teres ted in fish ing. I am o nly i ntere sted in si tting in a boat and d oing nothi ng at all !