递活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 are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸 I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost &50 and I felt very upset.' I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was symp athetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wiced world but was interrupted by a noc at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained &5o. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world !' lesso n25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗？ I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dar. I did not now the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoe Eng lish very carefully, but veryclearl as well. The porter, however, could not understand me; I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoe neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke Eng lish like that! The...
