【正文】 al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew 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 t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhurst t o Si l bur y. The bi rd covere d t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer . In r etur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pie ce of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. Hi s nam e i s Per cy Butt ons . He cal s at every house in t he st r et once a m onth and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves were wai ti ng at t he ai r por t al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the plane ar ri ved, som e of the detect ives wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the pa rcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To their sur pri se, t he 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 Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Ha l l cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve in twenty minutes39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。It 39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g c lock ref used t o wele t he New Year . At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 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 to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her wa s shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele came i n. Har ry worked in a lawyer39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now working at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the 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 pr ise, 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 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wi l sail f rom Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal l m et him at the harbour ear ly i n t he morni ng. He wi l l be i n his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous li t le boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any tim es. Captain Ali son wi l l set out a