3．How much did the Writer think Henry would ask for if he made a dining table on the last day of June?

2．Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June?

1．Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

I paid him 26.50 and he was happy to get it．

Total（总计）                  36.50

When I was looking at the bill, Henry said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny．”

“Yes．” I said．“I’m glad it is only the 10th of June．”

“Me too, ”said Henry．“You wait―it’ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month．”

“Yes．Hotter―and more expensive．Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won’t they, Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute．There was a little smile in his two blue eyes．

I gave his bill back to him．

“If it isn't too much trouble, Henry, ” I said．“Please add it up again．You can forget the date．”

Work, 8 hours（1 an hour）       8.00

Paint（油漆）                 1.50

Cost of wood                  17.00

15．The headmaster said that a new building             （build）in ten months．

A：What will you     l     when you grow up?

B：I’m not certain．I may be a teacher．     2     about you?

A：I don’t have any plans yet．Things change all     3     quickly．I'd rather wait and see．

B：In the future, teaching may be     4     easier．Students work on computers at home．If they have difficulties, they use     5     network to ask the teacher．

A：And teachers can stay at home．No more chalk and talk in     6     of the classroom．

B：There may be no teaching profession any      7     ．Computer teachers will teach students    8    of human teachers．

A：I don't think     9    ．Teachers are     10     any time．At least they need to write learning programs and materials．

B：You’re right．

Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village．Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife．He made it just the right size to fm the space between the two windows．When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work．

My wife said tome, quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today．” But she said loudly, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”

“I won’t decide about that until I see that bill, ”I said．

Henry laughed and give me his bill for the work．It said：

BILL

One dining table           June 10, 2006

14．The Greens            （have）supper when there was a knock at the door．