【正文】 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. M y holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr ite a si ngle card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Tim. He is i n Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engineer. He is wor ki ng f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad before, so he is f indi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f i ve m i les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pinhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o the ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。I t39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he always bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Don39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a r emi nder. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。 I answered, 39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 I asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s perf ormance. 39。 my f r iends say.39。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he could do not hing. 39。5o. 39。Wel ,39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t imes and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。t hear a word!39。 the young man said rudely. 39。 I thought. 39。 I39。m ing to see you.39。 I said.39。m having breakfast,39。Do you always get up so late ? It39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. 39。 each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith39。 time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer39。 Harry said, 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:39。 lesson18 He often does this! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn39。Yes, thank you,39。t got my bag.39。 he said 39。 I said. 39。May I have two tickets please ?39。ve sold out,39。Can I return these two tickets?39。Could I have those two tickets please ?39。but they are for next Wednesday39。You must give up fishing!39。 But they don39。50 and I felt very upset.39。s not there now.39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained amp。 she said. 39。 lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the 。 I said to the manager, 39。I found this outside this gentleman39。Everyone39。 I said, 39。m not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The