【正文】 m e, 39。 she sai d. 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Le sson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoi l my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi si ted m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir tyseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Ti m. He is in Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent mesages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rport al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable 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 tr y to st eal the di amonds. When t he pl a ne ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ting insi de the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door , two others opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 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 Garden Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den i s l arger than Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m or e f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal l clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。I t39。s two m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped!39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old musical i nst r um ent. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The i nst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng repair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har y worked i n a l awyer 39。s off ice years ago, but he i s now worki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money f r om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end me amp。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e the money i mmediat el y. 39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。 Har ry said, 39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Char l es Al i son, wil l sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al l boat , Topsail. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sail ed acr oss t he At lanti c m any tim es. Capt ai n Ali son wil l set out at ei ght o