【正文】 t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ting. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Si lbury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m il es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a te l ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twelve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust moved to a house in Bri dge Str et . Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et urn f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glass of beer . Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had tol d the pol ice that thi eves would t r y to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl a ne ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whi le other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at he door , two others opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would st ri ke twelve i n t went y mi nut es39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。I t39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The big clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the money i mmediatel y. 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。 Har ry said, 39。so now you can pay for my dinner ! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at t he har bour ear ly i n t he morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous li t le boat. I t has sailed across the At l ant ic m any t im es. Capt ain Al i son wi l set out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to him. He wil l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri ving here tomor row. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeti ng them at the st at ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf or mances. As usual , t he poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It is al ways the sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year . Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vi l age in t he sout h of France, I drove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car