Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人談話

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very goodseat. The play was very interesting. I did notenjoy it. A young man and a young woman weresitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. Icould not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man andthe woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, Icould not bear it. I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' Isaid angrily. ‘It’s none of your business,'the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'.

上星期我去看戲。我的座位很好，戲很有意思，但我卻無法欣賞。一青年男子與一青年女子坐在我的身后，大聲地說著話。我非常生氣，因?yàn)槲衣牪灰娧輪T在說什么。我回過頭去怒視著那一男一女，他們卻毫不理會。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回過頭去，生氣地說：“我一個字也聽不見了！”“不關(guān)你的事，”那男的毫不客氣地說，“這是私人間的談話！”

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐還是午餐？

It was Sunday. I never get up early onSundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.

Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. Itwas dark outside.

'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, thetelephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I've just arrived by train,'she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But I'm still havingbreakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,' Irepeated.

'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's oneo'clock!''

那是個星期天，而在星期天我是從來不早起的，有時我要一直躺到吃午飯的時候。上個星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗?！肮硖鞖?！”我想，“又下雨了?！闭谶@時，電話鈴響了。是我姑母露西打來的?！拔覄傁禄疖?，”她說，“我這就來看你。”

“但我還在吃早飯，”我說。

“你在干什么？”她問道。

“我正在吃早飯，”我又說了一遍。

“天啊，”她說，“你總是起得這么晚嗎？現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)1點(diǎn)鐘了！”

Lesson 3 Please send me a card請給我寄一張明信片

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went toItaly. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendlywaiter taught me a few words ofItalian. 'Then helent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand aword. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passedquickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the lastday I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-sevencards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write asingle card!

明信片總攪得我假日不得安寧。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我參觀了博物館，還去了公園。一位好客的服務(wù)員教了我?guī)拙湟獯罄Z，之后還借給我一本書。我讀了幾行，但一個字也不懂。我每天都想著明信片的事。假期過得真快，可我還沒有給我的朋友們寄過一張明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一項(xiàng)重大決定。我早早起了床，買來了37張明信片。我在房間里關(guān)了整整一天。然而竟連一張明信片也沒寫成！

Lesson 4 An exciting trip激動人心的旅行

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is inAustralia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. Heis working for a big firm and he has already visited a great numberof different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australiancar and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre ofAustralia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly toPerth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is findingthis trip very exciting.

我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信，他正在澳大利亞。他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個月了。蒂姆是個工程師，正在一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過澳大利亞的不少地方了。他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車，現(xiàn)在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久還將到達(dá)達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。我弟弟以前從未出過國，因此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心。

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞

Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has justbought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles fromSilbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carriedthe first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered thedistance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a greatmany requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from onegarage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own privatetelephone service.

詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個汽車修理部，現(xiàn)在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部。平赫特離錫爾伯里只有5英里，但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機(jī)，所以他買了只鴿子。昨天，一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯里。這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程。到目前為止，斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發(fā)送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件。就這樣，他開始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。

Lesson 6 Percy Buttons珀西·巴頓斯

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday abeggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass ofbeer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sangsongs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Thenhe put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later aneighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is PercyButtons. He calls at every house in the street once a month andalways asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

我剛剛搬進(jìn)了大橋街的一所房子。昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門，問我要一頓飯和一杯啤酒。作為回報(bào)，那乞丐頭頂?shù)氐沽⑵饋恚炖镞€唱著歌。我給了他一頓飯。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。然后把一塊乳酪裝進(jìn)衣袋里走了。后來，一位鄰居告訴了我他的情況。大家都認(rèn)識他，他叫珀西.巴頓斯。他每月對這條街上的每戶人家光顧一次，總是請求給他一頓飯和一杯啤酒。

Lesson 7 Too late 為時太晚

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airportall morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond fromSouth Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police thatthieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived,some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building whileothers were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel offthe plane and carried it into the Customs House. While twodetectives were keeping guard at the door, two othersopened the parcel. To their surprise, theprecious parcel was full of stones and sand!

飛機(jī)誤點(diǎn)了，偵探們在機(jī)場等了整整一上午。他們正期待從南非來的一個裝著鉆石的貴重包裹。數(shù)小時以前，有人向警方報(bào)告，說有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。當(dāng)飛機(jī)到達(dá)時，一些偵探等候在主樓內(nèi)，另一些偵探則守候在停機(jī)坪上。有兩個人把包裹拿下飛機(jī)，進(jìn)了海關(guān)。這時兩個偵探把住門口，另外兩個偵探打開了包裹。令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹里面裝的全是石頭和沙子！

Lesson 8 The best and the worst最好的和最差的

Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearlyeverybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, butJoe wins every time. Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Billworks harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, butJoe's garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and hasbuilt a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do notlike hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too,and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in thetown!

喬.桑德斯擁有我們鎮(zhèn)上最漂亮的花園。幾乎每個人都參加每年舉辦的“最佳花園競賽”，而每次都是喬獲勝。比爾.弗里斯的花園比喬的花園大，他比喬也更為勤奮，種植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但喬的花園更富有情趣。他修筑了一條條整潔的小路，并在一個池塘上架了一座小木橋。我也喜歡花園，但我卻不愿意辛勤勞動。每年的花園競賽我也參加，但總因是鎮(zhèn)上最劣的花園而獲得一個小獎！

Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the lastday of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under theTown Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clockstopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited,but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's two minutespast twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It wastrue. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that momenteverybody began to laugh and sing.

星期三的晚上，我們?nèi)チ耸姓d。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。再過20分鐘，大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過去了，而就在11點(diǎn)55分時，大鐘停了。那根巨大的分針不動了。我們等啊等啊，可情況沒有變化。突然有人喊道：“已經(jīng)12點(diǎn)零2分了！那鐘已經(jīng)停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。此時，大家已經(jīng)笑了起來，同時唱起了歌。

Lesson 10 Not for jazz不適于演奏爵士樂

We have an old musical instrument. It is called aclavichord(翼琴). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichordis kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for along time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many yearsago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazzon it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings werebroken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it.It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.

我家有件古樂器，被稱作古鋼琴，是1681年德國造的。我們的這架古鋼琴存放在起居室里。我們家有這件樂器已經(jīng)很久了，是我祖父在很多年以前買的?？伤罱灰粋€客人弄壞了，因?yàn)樗盟鼇韽椬嗑羰繕贰Ｋ趽羟冁I時用力過猛，損壞了兩根琴弦。我父親大為吃驚，不許我們再動它。父親的一個朋友正在修理這件樂器。

Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another禮尚往來

I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in.Harry worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now workingat a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money fromhis friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and satat the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While hewas eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise,he gave me the money immediately. 'I have never borrowed any moneyfrom you,' Harry said, 'so now you can pay for my dinner!'

我正在一家飯館吃飯，托尼.斯蒂爾走了進(jìn)來。托尼曾在一家律師事務(wù)所工作，而現(xiàn)在正在一家銀行上班。他的薪水很高，但他卻總是向朋友借錢，并且從來不還。托尼看見了我，就走過來和我坐到一張桌子前。他從未向我借過錢。當(dāng)他吃飯時，我提出向他借20英鎊。令我驚奇的是，他立刻把錢給了我?！拔疫€從未向你借過錢，”托尼說道，“所以現(xiàn)在你可以替我付飯錢了！”

Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck再見，一路順風(fēng)

Our neighbor, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouthtomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. Hewill be in his small boat; Topsail.Tapsail is a famous little boat.It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison willset out at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of time. We shallsee his boat and then we shall say good-bye to him. He will be awayfor two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in animportant race across the Atlantic.

我們的鄰居查爾斯.艾利森船長明天就要從樸次茅斯啟航了。明天一大早我們將在碼頭為他送行。他將乘坐他的“濤波賽”號小艇?！皾ㄙ悺碧柺撬矣忻男⊥?，它已經(jīng)多次橫渡大西洋。艾利森船長將于8點(diǎn)鐘啟航，因此我們有充裕的時間。我們將參觀他的船，然后和他告別。他要離開兩個月，我們真為他感到自豪，他將參加一次重大的橫渡大西洋的比賽。

Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年

The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singers. At present,they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be arrivinghere tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of theyoung

people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrowevening they will be singing at the Workers' Club. The GreenwoodBoys will be staying for five days. During this time, they willgive five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficulttime. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same onthese occasions.

“綠林少年”是一個流行歌曲演唱團(tuán)。目前他們正在全國各地巡回演出，明天就要到達(dá)此地。他們將乘火車來，鎮(zhèn)上的大部分青年人將到車站迎接他們。明晚他們將在工人俱樂部演出。“綠林少年”準(zhǔn)備在此逗留5天。在此期間，他們將演出5場。同往常一樣，警察的日子將不好過，他們將設(shè)法維持秩序。每逢這種場合，情況都是這樣。

Lesson 14 Do you speak English?你會講英語嗎？

I had an amusing experience last year. After Ihad left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to thenext town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and heasked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I saidgood morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither ofus spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, whenthe young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?'As I soon learnt, he was English himself!

去年我有過一次有趣的經(jīng)歷。在離開法國南部的一個小村莊后，我繼續(xù)駛往下一個城鎮(zhèn)。途中，一個青年人向我招手。我把車停下，他向我提出要求搭車。他一上車，我就用法語向他問早上好，他也同樣用法語回答我。除了個別幾個單詞外，我根本不會法語。旅途中我們誰也沒講話。就要到達(dá)那個鎮(zhèn)時，那青年突然開了口，慢慢地說道：“你會講英語嗎？”

我很快了解到，他自己就是個英國人！

Lesson 15 Good news 佳音

The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I feltvery nervous when. I went into his office. He did not look up fromhis desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said thatbusiness was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford topay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knewthat my turn had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice.'Don't interrupt,' he said. Then he smiled and told me I wouldreceive an extra thousand pounds a year!

秘書告訴我說哈姆斯沃斯先生要見我。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時候，他連頭也沒抬。待我坐下后，他說生意非常不景氣。他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支，有20個人已經(jīng)離去。我知道這次該輪到我了。

“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我無力地說。

“不要打斷我的話，”他說。

然后他微笑了一下告訴我說，我每年將得到1,000英鎊的額外收入。

Lesson 16 A polite request彬彬有禮的要求

If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policemanwill soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go withouta ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police aresometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found thisnote on my car:' Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "NoParking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attentionto our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receivea request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!

一旦你把汽車停錯了地方，交通警很快就會發(fā)現(xiàn)。如果他沒給你罰單就放你走了，算你走運(yùn)。然而，情況并不都是這樣，交通警有時也很客氣。有一次在瑞典度假，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的車上有這樣一個字條：“先生，歡迎您光臨我們的城市。此處是‘禁止停車’區(qū)。如果您對我們街上的標(biāo)牌稍加注意，您在此會過得很愉快的。謹(jǐn)此提請注意?！比绻闶盏竭@樣的懇求，你是不會不遵照執(zhí)行的！

Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-fiveyears old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as ayoung girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she mustappear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year inanother play, she had to wear short socks and a bright,orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, shealways answers, 'My dear, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演員，她至少也有35歲了。盡管如此，她卻常在舞臺上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要參加一個新劇的演出。這一次，她將扮演一個17歲的少女。演出時她必須穿一條鮮紅色的裙子和黑色的長筒襪。去年在演另一個劇時，她不得不穿短襪和一件鮮艷的橘紅色的衣服。一旦有人問起她有多大年紀(jì)，她總是回答：“親愛的，長成大人真可怕?。　?/p>

Lesson18 He often does this!他經(jīng)常干這種事！

After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag. Ihad left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! AsI was looking for it, the inn-keeper came in. 'Did you have a goodmeal?' he asked. 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay thebill. I haven't got my bag.' The inn-keeper smiled and immediatelywent out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it backto me. 'I'm very sorry,' he said ' My dog had taken it into thegarden. He often does this.'

我在一家鄉(xiāng)村小酒店吃過午飯后，就找我的提包。我曾把它放在門邊的椅子上，可這會兒不見了！當(dāng)我正在尋找時，酒店老板走了進(jìn)來。

“您吃得好嗎？”他問。

“很好，謝謝?！蔽一卮?，“但我付不了帳，我的提包沒有了?！?/p>

酒店老板笑了笑，馬上走了出去。一會兒工夫他拿著我的提包回來了，把它還給了我。

“實(shí)在抱歉，”他說，“我的狗把它弄到花園里去了，他常干這種事！”

Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完

'The play may begin at any moment,' Isaid.

'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.

'I hurried to the ticket-office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.

'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.

'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.

Just then, a man hurried to the ticket-office.

'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.

'Certainly,' the girl said.

'Could I have those two tickets please ?' I asked.

'Certainly, 'the girl said, 'but they are for next Wednesday'sperformance.

'I might as well have them,' I saidsadly.

“劇馬上就要開演了，”我說。

“也許已經(jīng)開演了呢，”蘇珊回答說。

我匆匆趕到售票處，問：“我可以買兩張票嗎？”

“對不起，票已售完?！蹦俏还媚镎f。

“真可惜！”蘇珊大聲說。

正在這時，一個男子匆匆奔向售票處。

“我可以退掉這兩張票嗎？”他問。

“當(dāng)然可以，”那姑娘說。

我馬上又回到售票處。

“我可以買那兩張票嗎？”我問。

“當(dāng)然可以，不過這兩張票是下星期三的，您是否還要呢？”

“我還是買下的好，”我垂頭喪氣地說。

Lesson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟

Fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours withoutcatching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen areunlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots andrubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything-not even oldboots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always gohome with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my friendssay.' It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one importantthing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interestedin sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!

釣魚是我特別喜愛的一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動。我經(jīng)常一釣數(shù)小時卻一無所獲，但我從不為此煩惱。有些垂釣者就是不走運(yùn)，他們往往魚釣不到，卻釣上來些舊靴子和垃圾。我的運(yùn)氣甚至還不及他們。我什么東西也未釣到過--就連舊靴子也沒有。我總是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空著袋子回家?！澳憧蓜e再釣魚了！”我的朋友們說，“這是浪費(fèi)時間?！比欢麄儧]有認(rèn)識到重要的一點(diǎn)，我并不是真的對釣魚有興趣，我感興趣的只是獨(dú)坐孤舟，無所事事！

Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport andpassing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was builtduring the war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Lastyear, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must havebeen driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the fewpeople left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by apassing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away,but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad andthey are probably right.

飛機(jī)正在逐漸把我逼瘋。我住在一個機(jī)場附近，過往飛機(jī)日夜不絕于耳。機(jī)場是許多年前建的，但由于某種原因當(dāng)時未能啟用。然而去年機(jī)場開始使用了。有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已經(jīng)棄家遠(yuǎn)去，我是少數(shù)留下來的人中的一個。有時我覺得這房子就要被一架飛過的飛機(jī)撞倒。他們曾向我提供一大筆錢讓我搬走，但我決定留在這兒。大家都說我肯定是瘋了，也許他們說的是對的。

Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from agirl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travellingacross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name andaddress on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. Shenever thought of it again, but ten months later, she received aletter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each otherregularly now. However, they have decided to use the post-office.Letters will cost a litt1e more, but they will certainly travelfaster.

我的女兒簡從未想過會接到荷蘭一位同齡姑娘的來信。去年，當(dāng)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(jìn)了一只瓶子，又將瓶子扔進(jìn)了大海。此后她就再沒去想那只瓶子。但10個月以后，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信?，F(xiàn)在這兩位姑娘定期通信了。然而她們還是決定利用郵局。這樣會稍微多花點(diǎn)錢，但肯定是快得多了。

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 come to England next year.If she comes, she will get a surprise. We arenowliving in a beautiful new house in thecountry. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house wascompleted five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she couldstay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovelygarden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to somepeople. It must be the only modern house in the district.

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亞。在信中她說她明年將到英國來。如果她來了，她會感到非常驚奇了。我們現(xiàn)在住在鄉(xiāng)間的一棟漂亮的新住宅里。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。我在信中告訴她，她可以和我們住在一起。這棟房子里有許多房間，還有一個漂亮的花園。它是一棟非?，F(xiàn)代化的住宅，因此在有些人看來很古怪。它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。

Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had justlost $50 and I felt very upset.' I left the money in my room,' Isaid, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but hecould do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. Hestarted to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted bya knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on hisdesk. It contained $5o. 'I found this outside this gentleman'sroom' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still somehonesty in this world!’

我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來。我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱。“我把錢放在房間里，”我說，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了。”經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力?！艾F(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢，”他說。他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。一個姑娘走了進(jìn)來，把一個信封放在了他桌上。它里面裝著50英鎊。“這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的，”她說?！笆前。蔽覍δ俏唤?jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實(shí)可言的！”

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