【正文】 nt er esti ng. I did not enj oy it. A young m an and a young wom an wer e sit ti ng behi nd me. They wer e t al ki ng loudl y. I got very angr y. I could not hear the act or s. I t ur ned r ound. I looked at t he man and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at enti on. I n t he end, I could not bear it. I t ur ned round agai n. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 It 39。s none of your busi nes,39。 the young man sai d r udely. 39。Thi s i s a pr ivat e conversat ion!39。. Lesson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et imes st ay 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 out si de. 39。What a day!39。 I thought . 39。I t39。s raining again.39。 Just t hen, t he t el phone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.39。 I39。ve just ar ived by tr ai n, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m i ng t o see you. 39。 But I39。m st il l havi ng br eakf ast,39。 I s ai d.39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m havi ng br eakf ast,39。 I r epeated. 39。Dear me, 39。 she said. 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? It39。s one o39。cl ock!39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcar ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went t o I taly. I visit ed museum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It ali an. 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not underst and a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My holi days pased quickl y, but I did not send any car ds t o m y fri ends. On t he last day I made 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 si ngl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)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. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s wor ki ng f or a big f irm and he has al ready visited a great number of di f er ent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr ings, a smal town in t he centr e of Aust rali a. He wil soon visi t Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l fl y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f indi ng t hi s tri p 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 Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhur st. Pinhur st is onl y fi ve mil es f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pigeon car ri ed t he fi rst m essage f r om 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 sent a gr eat m any request 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 hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone service. Lesson 6 Percy But tons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Bri dge Str et. Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked me f or ameal and a glas of beer . I n r et ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He at e t he f ood and dr ank the be er . Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d m e about him. Ever ybody knows him . Hi s name is Percy But ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he str eet once a month and al ways 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 l at e and det ecti ves wer e wait ing at t he air port al m or ning. They were expecti ng a valuable parcel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone 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 bui l di ng whil e ot hers wer e wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he parcel off the pl ane and cari ed i t i nt o the Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel . To t heir sur pr ise, t he preci ous par cel was full 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 m ost beauti f ul gar den in our t own. Nearl y ever ybody enters f or 39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。 each year , but Joe wins ever y tim e. Bil Fri th39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks harder t han Joe and grows m or e fl owers a nd vegetabl es, but Joe39。s garden i s mor e interest ing. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden bri dge over a pool . I l ike gardens t oo, but I do not li ke hard work. Every year I enter f or t he garden peti i on t o, and I al ways wi n a lit tl e pr ize f or t he wor st gar den in t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal. It was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gather ed under the Town Hal cl ock. I t woul d str ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nutes39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at fi ve t o t wel ve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly som eone shouted, 39。I t39。s t wo m inut es past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 I looked at my watch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock r ef used t o wel e the New Year. At hat m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d m usical i nstr ument . It is cal ed a cl avichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was m ade 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 famil y for a l ong t ime. The inst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was dam aged by a visit or . She tri ed t o pl ay j az on it! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f at her w