【正文】 out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal have plent y of tim e. We shal se his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to him. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We are ver y pr oud of him . He wil l take par t in an i mpor tant r ace across t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he countr y. They wil l be ari vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rain and m ost of the young people i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at he stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil be si ngi ng at he Wor kers39。 Cl ub. The Gr enwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wi l gi ve f i ve per formances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l have a dif fi cult tim e. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. I t i s al ways the sam e on t hese occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an am using exper ience last year. Aft er I had l eft a sm al vil lage i n the sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked m e f or a lif t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I sai d good morning to him in French and he replied i n t he sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y reached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。Mr. Harmswor th,39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。Don39。t i nt er rupt,39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t ol d m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong pl ace, a tr af fi c poli cem an wi l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket . However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are som etim es ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on my car :39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Par ki ng area. You wi l enj oy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our s tr et si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r emi nder.39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bright, or ange coloured dr es. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answers, 39。My dear , it must be ter rible t o be grown up! 39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chair beside t he door and now it wasn39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he i nkeeper came in. 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 I answered, 39。but I can39。t pay the bil . I haven39。t got my bag. 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few minutes he r etur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。 he said 39。 My dog had taken it into t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。 I sai d. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sorr y, we39。ve sold out ,39。 the gi rl said. 39。What a pit y! 39。 Susan me, 39。 she said. 39。Do you always get up so l at e ? I t39。s one o39。clock! 39。Leson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o Italy. I vi sit ed museums and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My hol idays pased quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Ti m. He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Ti m i s an engineer . He i s working f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di ferent places in Australi a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in the centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t here, he wil l fly t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fi nding thi s t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has agar age in Sil bury and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y five mil es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new garage, so he has just bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ried the fi rst message f rom Pinhur st to Sil bur y. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hr e mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equests f or spare par ts and other ur gent mesages from one ga rage to the other .