【正文】 y bag. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed t o t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hurr i ed t o t he t i cket off ice. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment,39。m ver y sorr y, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear , i t must be t er i bl e t o be gr own up!39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。Mr . Harm swor t h,39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , they are vi si ti ng al l part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ri vi ng her e tom or row. They wil l be i ng by t r ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。I have neve r bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. It i s cal l ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong to our f am il y f or a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi si t or . She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s gar den i s mor e int er esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool . I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st r ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti ti on39。cl ock!39。Dear m e,39。 she asked. 39。 But I39。ve j ust ar ri ved by tr ain,39。I t39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest i ng. I di d not enjoy i t. A young m an and a young wom an wer e sit ti ng behi nd m e. They wer e t al king l oudl y. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at t he man and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent ion. I n t he end, I could not bear i t. I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。 It 39。. Lesson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear l y on Sundays. I som etim es st ay i n bed unt il l unch ti m e. Last Sunday I got up ver y l at e. I l ooked out of t he window. It was dar k out si de. 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 she sai d. 39。m sti l having br eakf ast, 39。 I39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I visit ed museum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns every t im e. Bi l Fri t h39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har y St eel e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti m e. They wil l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a sm al vil lage i n the sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On the way, a young m an waved t o m e. I stopped and he asked m e f or a li ft. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Nei t he r of us spoke dur i ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly said, ver y sl owl y, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you par k your car i n t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af ic poli cem an wil l soon f i nd i t. You wil be ver y l ucky if he l ets you go wi t hout a ti cket. However, t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c pol i ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol i day i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on m y car:39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now i t wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got my bag.39。 he sai d 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。ve sol d out ,39。Can I r etur n t hese t wo t i ckets?39。Coul d I have those t wo ti ckets pl ease ?39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng!39。 But t hey don39。 50 and I f elt ver y upset. 39。s not t her e now.39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at