【正文】 新概念英語第三冊作文和書信寫作Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲獅Mrs. Stone had spent the whole morning picking blackberries in the countryside near her home. It was nearly lunch time, so she decided to return for lunch. She was just picking up her basket when she heard a noise in the bushes. Then she saw an animal which looked like a cat. She knew it was not a cat because it was so large. The animal suddenly turned round to look at her and she thought it was going to e towards her and perhaps attack her. She dropped her basket and screamed loudly. Hearing the sound, the animal disappeared into the bushes, after which Mrs. Stone picked up her basket and ran all the way told her neighbours that she had seen a puma in the countryside, but they did not believe her. She also telephoned the police but they didn39。t believe her either. (148 words)Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一A sticky businessWe were used to hearing our church bell striking the hours in our small village. For as long as anyone could remember, the bell had struck the hours day and night. However, one night the church bell remained silent and the next morning we saw that the clock had stopped at exactly one . Our clock was clearly damaged, but no one could explain how this had happened.Armed with a torch, our vicar climbed into the church tower to see what was going on. He heard a loud buzz as he went towards the clock and in the torchlight he found it had been invaded by bees. He was lucky they didn39。t sting him! He shone his torch into the great bell and saw that it was full of wax and honey. No wonder it wasn39。t working!A bee keeper was called in to deal with the situation. He immediately removed the queen bee to one of his bee hives and the other bees followed. The clock was cleaned and was soon working again. We not only enjoyed hearing it strike the hours day and night, but we enjoyed eating the honey as well.(195 words)Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 無名女神After walking round the ancient city, the archaeologists discovered an ancient temple. This temple had obviously been a place of worship because it contained a sacred room. On entering the sacred room, the archaeologists found the clay fragments of fifteen statues, each of which was a goddess which had once been painted. After this, workmen began digging and soon discovered the head of a statue among remains dating from the fifth century . They also found the body of this statue among remains from the fifteenth century . The archaeologists carefully put the fragments together. They were astonished to find that the figure was a goddess. The goddess was a modernlooking woman. She had her hands on her hips and she was wearing a fulllength skirt. Although the archaeologists tried very hard to identify her, they were unable to find out her name. (143 words)Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs Nearly caughtOne morning Alf and three other dustmen were collecting rubbish in Merton Street and they stopped outside Mrs. Frost39。s house.Though Alf didn39。t know it, his wife was visiting Mrs. Frost at the time. She and Mrs. Frost were old friends, though Mrs. Frost had never met Alf. Alf was just getting out of the dustcart to go into Mrs. Frost39。s backyard when he saw his wife leaving Mrs. Frost39。s house. He quickly returned to the dustcart and hid in the driving cabin. While he was hiding, his fellow dustmen helped him by collecting Mrs. Frost39。s rubbish. Meanwhile, Alf39。s wife and Mrs. Frost talked on the doorstep. It looked as though their conversation would never end!At last Mrs. Bloggs said goodbye to Mrs. Frost. She waved to one of the dustmen whom she recognized and she went towards the dustcart to greet him. The dustman waved back and gave her a big smile as the dustcart drove off. Mrs. Bloggs stood on the pavement and watched the dustcart disappear down the street. Then she began to walk home. ‘It39。s all right, Alf,’ his friend said. ‘She can39。t see you now.’‘Thanks, Jim,’ Alf said. ‘That was a lucky escape!’ (200 words )Key to Letter writingA possible answeraddressdateDear Mrs. Frost,It was nice to meet you at Selena39。s party last week.You mentioned you had a copy of ‘Who39。s Who’. I am writing to ask if I could borrow it for a couple of days. I39。m doing some research on politicians and this book contains a lot of information. I promise I will take good care of it and return it to you as quickly as possible.I look forward to hearing from you soon.Yours sincerely,signature (80 words)Lesson 5 The facts 確切數字The journalist counted the number of steps as he wearily climbed up to the high wall surrounding the president39。s palace. On arriving at the main gate, he sat down to get his breath back. He then produced a tape measure in order to measure the wall. While he was busy measuring the wall, a policeman approached him and asked him what he was doing. Though the journalist explained he was a reporter and his editor had asked him to find out the exact height of the wall, the policeman refused to believe him. He was arrested and sent to prison because the police thought that he might be a spy or might even want to assassinate the president. When the journalist insisted he was innocent, he made things worse for himself. This proved to the police that the man certainly was guilty and deserved to stay in prison indefinitely. (149 words)Key to Letter writingA possible answeraddressdateDear Jack,Many congratulations on your recent marriage!Quite by chance I happened to read about your wedding in our local newspaper and I was thrilled with the news. Your wife sounds really charming. I gather that you will both be moving to our area, so we39。ll soon be neighbours. I hope you39。ll be very happy and I39。ll be able to see you soon.I look forward to seeing you again and meeting your wife. My kindest regards to you both.Yours sincerely,signature (79 words)Lesson 6 Smashand grab 砸櫥窗搶劫They got awaySeeing the thieves39。 car join