【正文】 ake part in an impor tant r ace across t he At lant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si ngers. At present , t hey are visit ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar iving here t omor row. They wi l be ing by t rain and most of the young people i n the town wil be meti ng t hem at the stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil l be singi ng at the Wor ker s39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wil l be stayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing this ti me, they wil give five per formances. As usual , t he police wil l have a dif ficult time. They wil be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It i s always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age in t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next town. On the way, ayoung man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for ali ft. As soon as he had got into t he car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in t he same l anguage. Apart f rom a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had nearl y reached the town, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y slowly, 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engl ish hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told me t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nto his of fi ce. He did not look up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me that he f irm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。Don39。t inter upt, 39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would r eceive an ext ra amp。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car in the wrong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wil l soon f ind it. You wil be very l ucky if he l et s you go without a ti cket. However, thi s does not always happen. Trafi c poli ce are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car :39。 Sir, 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 str et signs. Thi s note i s only a r emi nder .39。 If you r eceive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act res. She must be at l east t hi rty five years old. I n spit e of t hi s, she often appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wi l have to take part in a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she must appear i n a br ight red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year i n another play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orangecol oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answers, 39。My dear, it must be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up!39。 l esson18 He oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ After I had had lunch at a vi l l age inn, I looked f or my bag. I had left it on a chai r besi de t he door and now it wasn39。t ther e ! As I was l ooking for it, the innkeeper came i n. 39。Did you have a good meal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, thank you, 39。 I answer ed, 39。but I can39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。t got my bag.39。 The i n keeper smil ed and immedi at el y went out. In a f ew m i nut es he r et ur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o m e. 39。I 39。m ver y sor r y, 39。 he sai d 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He of t en does t hi s. 39。 Less on19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any m om ent , 39。 I sai d. 39。I t m ay have begun al r eady, 39。 Susan ans wer ed. 39。I hur r i ed t o t he t i cket of f i ce. 39。May I have t wo t i cket s pl ease ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sor r y, we39。ve sol d out , 39。 t he gi r l sai d. 39。What a pi t 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 Austr alia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t here, he wil l fly t o Pert h. My brother has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s finding this tr ip ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Si lbury and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhurst. Pi nhurst i s only f ive miles fr om Silbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twelve pi geons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ied the fir st mesage fr om Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in thr e minutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has ent agr eat many r equests for spar e par ts and other urgent messages f rom one garage t o the ot her. In t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivat e t el ephone ser vi 6 Percy Butons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glas of beer. In r etu