【正文】 Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bri ght, orange coloured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。t inter rupt, 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not afford to pay such large salar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye 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 fr om Por tsm outh t om orr ow. We shal m et hi m at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail . Tapsai l is a f am ous li tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss t he At l anti c m any t im es. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediatel y. 39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge Str et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a meal and a glass of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m . Hi s nam e 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 ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l morning. 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 that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he pla ne ar r ived, some of the det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei 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 i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! 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 ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im 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 father 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。I have never bor rowed any money fr om you,39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most 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。Mr . Har mswor th,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。 he asked. 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。m very sor ry,39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。m sor ry, we39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he t i cket of fi ce. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。t he gir l said, 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f isherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythi ng not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。and it 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。s r oom 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him . My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat they u