【正文】 Lesson 1 A pr ivate conver sation 私人談話 Last week Iwent t o t he t heat re. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y int er esting. I did not enjoy it . A young m an and a young woman wer e sit ting behind m e. They were t alking loudly. Igot ver y angry. Icould not hear t he actors . I t ur ned r ound. Ilooked at t he m an and t he wom an angrily. They did not pay any at ention. I n t he end, Icould not bear it . I t ur ned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I said angr ily. 39。 I t 39。s none of your business,39。 t he young m an said r udely. 39。This a pr ivate conversation! 39。.Lesson 2 Br eakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I som et imes st ay in bed unt il unch tim e. Last Sunday I got up very lat e. I looked out of t he window. I t was dar k outside. 39。What day!39。 I t hought . 39。I t 39。s r aining again.39。 J ust t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was my aunt Lucy. 39。 I 39。ve just arived by t r ain, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m ing t o see you.39。 But I39。m stil having br eakf ast, 39。 I said. 39。What ar e you doing ?39。 she asked. 39。I 39。m having breakf ast,39。 I r epeated. 39。Dear m e,39。 she said. 39。Do you always get up so lat e ? I t39。s one o39。clock!39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds always poil m y holidays. Last summ er , I went t o I t aly. I vist ed museum s and sat in public gar dens. A f r iendly wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t ali n. 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew lines, but I did not under st and a word. Ever y day It hought about postcar ds. M y holidays passed quickly, but Idid not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he last day I m ade a big decision. I got up early and bought hir tyseven cards. Ispent t he whole day in m y r oom, but Idid not wr it e a single card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r eceived a let ter f r om m y br ot her, Tim. He is in Aust rali . He has been t her e f or six m ont hs. Tim is an engineer. He is wor king f or a big fir m and he has alr eady vist ed a great num ber of dif ferent places in Aust ralia. He has just bought an Austr ali n car and has gone t o Alice S prings, a sm al t own in t he centr e of Austr ali . He wil soon visit Dar win. From t her e, he wil f ly t o Pert h. M y br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his tr ip very excitng. Lesson 5 No wr ong num ber s 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr J ames Scot t has a gar age in Silbur y and now he has just bought anot her gar age in Pinhur st . Pinhurst is only five miles f r om Silbur y, but M r Scot cannot get a t elephone f or his new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pigeons. Yester day, apigeon car ried t he fir st m essage f r om Pinhurst o Silbur y. The bir d covered t he dist ance in t hr ee minut es. Up t o now, M r Scot t has ent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m essages f r om one garage t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone ser 6 Per cy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house in Br idge Str eet. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glass of beer. I n r et ur n f or t his, t he beggar st od on his head and sang songs. Igave him a meal. He ate t he f ood and r ank t he beer. Then he put apiece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him . His nam e is Per cy But ons. He cals at every house in t he str eet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was lat e and et ectives wer e wait ing at he air por t al m or ni g. They wer e expect ing a valuable par cel of diam ond f r om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earlier , someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves would t ry t o st eal t he diamonds. When t he plane ar ived, some of t he det ectives wer e wait ing inside t he m ain building while ot hers were waitng on t he air field. Two m en t ok t he par cel of f t he plane and car ried it int o t he Cust oms House. While t wo det ectives wer e keeping guar d at t he door , t wo t her s opened t he par cel. To t heir surprise, t he pr ecious parcel was f ul of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he wor st 最好的和最差的 J oe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden in our t own. Near ly ever ybody enters f or 39。The Nicest Garden Com pet iton39。 each year, but J oe wins ever y t im e. Bil Fr it h39。s garden is lar ger t han J oe39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han J oe and gr ows m or e f lowers and vegetables, but J oe39。s gar den is mor e int er esting. He has m ade neat pat hs and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d wor k. Every year I enter f or t he gar den pet iton t oo, and I always win a lit t le prize f or t he worst garden in t he t own! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of people had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve in t wenty minut es39。 t im e. Fif teen minut es pased and t hen, at five t o t welve, t he clock st opped. The big m inut e hand id not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。I t39。s t wo m inut es past t welve! The clock has st opped! 39。 I looked at m y wat ch. I t was t r ue. The big clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year. At hat m oment ever ybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usical instr um ent. I t is caled a clavichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was m ade in Germ any in 1681. Our clavichor d is kept in t he living r oom. I t has belong t o ur f am ily f or a long t im e. The instr um ent was bought by m y gr andfat her m any ears ago. Recently it was dam aged by a visit or. She t ried t o play jazz on it ! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st rings wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o