课文对话 · Mad or not? 是不是疯了？（课本 Lesson 21，印刷页 92-95）
1Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad /mæd/ adj. 发疯.
飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。
2I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。
3The airport was built years ago, but for some reason /ˈriːzn/ n. 原因 it could not be used then.
机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。
4Last year, however, it came into use.
然而去年机场开始使用了。
5Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
有 100 多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去。
6I am one of the few people left.
我是少数留下来的人中的一个。
7Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。
8I have been offered a large sum /sʌm/ n. 量 of money to go away, but I am determined /dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ adj. 坚定的，下决心的 to stay here.
他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。
9Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
大家都说我肯定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。
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