When Mr.Finch retired,he bought a small house in a village near the sea.The house was built in fifteen eighty-eight,but was in very good condition.Mr.Finch hoped to have a quiet life,but in the summer holidays he got a shock.Hundreds of tourists came to the village.
　　Mr.Finch’s house was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to see it.From morning till night there were tourists outside the house.They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr.Finch’s garden.This was too much for Mr.Finch.He decided to drive the visitors away.So he put a notice in the window.The notice said：” If you want to satisfy your curiosity,come in and look round.Price：two shillings and six pence.” Mr.Finch was sure that the visitors would stop coming,but he was wrong.More and more visitors came and Mr.Finch spent every day showing then round his house.“I came here to retire,not to work as a guide,” he said angrily in the end.He sold the house and bought a small,modern one.It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants to see it.But he could live a quiet life.
　　芬奇先生退休了,在海邊的一個村莊買了一個小房子.這棟房子建于1588年,但完好無損.芬奇先生希望有一個安靜的生活,但是在暑假期間,他嚇了一跳.成百上千的游客來到這個村子.
　　芬奇先生的房子是村里最有趣的建筑,許多游客前來看它.從早到晚都有游客在房子外面.他們不停地透過窗戶看著這個房間,許多人甚至進(jìn)芬奇先生的花園.這讓他無法忍受.他決定把游客們趕走.所以他將一個通知貼在窗戶上.布告上說:“如果你想滿足你的好奇心,進(jìn)來看看.價格:兩個先令六便士." they,芬奇確信參觀者不會再來了,但他錯了.越來越多的游客來參觀,每天芬奇先生就帶著他們參觀他家.“我來到這里是退休保養(yǎng)的,不是來當(dāng)導(dǎo)游的”他生氣地說.他把這房子賣了,又買了一個小的、現(xiàn)代的.這是一個乏味的小的地方,沒有人想看到它.但是（在這里）他能過一種平靜的生活.