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 repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
"I am a foreigner," I said.
Then he spoke slowly but I could not understand him.
My teacher never spoke English like that!
The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
Then he said something and I understood it.
"You'll soon learn English," he said.
I wonder, in England, each person speaks a different language.
The English understand each other, but I do not understand them!
Do they speak English?

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 sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
"Everyone's losing money these days," he said.
He started to complain 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 $50.
"I found this outside this gentleman's room," she said.
"Well," I said to the manager, "there is still some honesty in this world!"

当你想要做一件事情的时候
没有什么捷径
有些事呢是急不来的
都是需要时间的积累

所以现在我正在做几件事情：
1、按顺序每天读100遍新概念二册的文章，然后默写
2、每天花一个小时读书
3、每天背20个单词

不要因为坚持了一段时间成效慢就放弃了
往往再坚持一会
你就会突然的茅塞顿开

加油！！

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 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 this district.

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
Last year, we were traveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
She threw the bottle into the sea.
She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
Both girls write to each other regularly now.
However, they have decided to use the post office.
Letters will cost a litter more, but they will certainly travel faster.