【正文】 m e, 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 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. 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 postcards. 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 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et 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 l soon vi sit Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil f l y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f i ndi ng t his t ri p ver y excit ing. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pi nhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhurst t o Si l bur y. The bi r d covered t he di st ance i n t hree mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest 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 his way, he has be gun his own pr i vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house in Br i dge St reet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ting at t he ai rpor t al l morni ng. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of t he det ecti ves were wai ti ng inside the m ain buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To t hei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Garden Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr ith39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden i s more i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst gar den in the t own! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal . I t was the l ast day of the year and a l arge crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve in twenty minut es39。 ti me. Fi ft een minutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。It 39。s t wo m inutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I looked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock ref used t o wele t he New Year . At that m oment ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usical instr ument . It i s cal led a clavi chord( 翼琴 ) . It was made i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong to our fami ly for a l ong tim e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har r y worked i n a lawyer 39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ary, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end me amp。2. To m y surpri se, he gave m e t he m oney imm edi at ely. 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti