【正文】 Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 I t39。s none of your busines, 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。What a day! 39。 I t hought. 39。I t 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。 I39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 39。But I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 I sai d. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m havi ng br eakf ast , 39。 I r epeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o 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 postc ards. 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(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a let 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 Dar wi n. Fr om there, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 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 i n Pi nhur st . Pinhur st is only f ive m il es f r 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 fr om Pi nhur st to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many requests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent mesages f r om one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But tons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge 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. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n 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 at 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 fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , someone had tol d the poli ce that thi eves would t ry to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whil e 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 keeping guar d at he door , two ot hers opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious par cel was f ull 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 garden i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Garden Com pet it on39。 each year , but Joe wins every t i m e. 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 hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。I t 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst rument. I t is caled 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 the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She