【正文】 Lesson 1 A pri vat e conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The play was very i nt er esti ng. I di d not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman wer e si ti ng behi nd m e. They were tal ki ng l oudl y. I got ver y angry. I coul d not hear t he actors. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at the m an and the wom an angri ly. They di d not pay any at enti on. I n t he end, I could not bear it . I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d! 39。 I sai d angril y. 39。 I t39。s none of your busi ness,39。 t he young m an sai d r udel y. 39。This i s a pri vat e conversati on!39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som etim es tay i n bed unti l unch tim e. Last Sunday I got up ver y late. I l ooked out of the window. It was dark outsi de. 39。What a day!39。 I t hought. 39。I t39。s r ai ni ng agai n.39。 Just hen, t he t el ephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。 I39。ve j ust ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。 she sai d. 39。I 39。m ing to se you.39。 39。But I39。m st il havi ng br eakf ast,39。 I sai d.39。What ar e you doing ?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 al ways get up so late ? It 39。s one o39。cl ock!39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o It al y. I vi sit ed m useum s and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a wor d. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My holi days passed quickl y, but I did not send any car ds t o m y fr iends. On t he l ast day I ma de a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n m y room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Tim . He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or six mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer . He i s wor ki ng f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces i n Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Aust ralian car and has gone t o Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in t he centr e of Aust rali a. He wi l soon vi si t Dar wi n. From t he r e, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is fi ndi ng t hi s t ri p ver y excit i 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a garage i n Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhurst . Pi nhurst i s onl y f ive m il es fr om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought t wel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pigeon car ri ed t he fi rst m essage f rom Pi nhur st t o Si lbur y. The bi rd covered t he di st ance i n three m inut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has s ent a gr eat m any request s for spar e part s and ot her urgent m essages f rom one garage t o the ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivat e tel ephone 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 Bri dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a gl ass of beer. I n return f or t hi s, the beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er anei ghbour told me about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Per cy But t ons. He cal s at every house in t he st reet once a mont h and al ways asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Leson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and detect ives were wait ng at t he ai r port al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uable par cel of diam ond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s earli er, som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat hi eves would t ry t o steal t he diam onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the det ecti ves wer e wait ing insi de t he main buil di ng whil e ot hers were wai ti ng on t he ai rf ield. Two men took the parcel off t he plane and car ied it into t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot hers opened t he par cel. To thei r surpri se, t he pr ecious par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul gar den i n our town. Near ly ever ybody ent er s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti ti on39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bi l Frit h39。s gar den i s larger t han Joe39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and grows m or e fl owers and vegetabl es, but Joe39。s garden i s mor e interest ing. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I li ke gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I enter f or t he gar den peti ion too, and I al ways wi n a lit tl e pri ze f or t he worst garden i n the town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of t he year and a lar ge crowd of people had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nut es39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive to t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not m ove. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。I t39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I l ooked at m y watch. I t was tr ue. The big clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year. At that mom ent everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr um ent. It is cal led a cl avichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was made i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vi ng room. I t has belong t o our fam il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by m y gr andfather many year s ago. Recentl y i t was damaged by a vi si tor. She tr i