【正文】 l i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many ye ar s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi sit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s gar den i s m or e i nt er est i ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for t he gar den peti ti on t oo, and I al ways wi n a li t le pr ize f or t he wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve in t wenty m inutes39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。cl ock! 39。Dear me,39。 she asked. 39。But I39。 she sai d. 39。s r ai ni ng agai n.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 wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。What a day!39。 Just t hen, the t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。I 39。m sti l havi ng br ea kf ast,39。 I39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol i days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I visit ed m useum s and sat i n publi c gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t al ian. 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。 t im e. Fi ft en mi nutes pased and then, at f ive t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone 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 ry St eel e cam e i n. Har ry wor ked i n a lawyer39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s time, t hey wil l give f i ve per f orm ances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t r yi ng to keep or der. I t is al ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence last year. Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vi l age in t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. 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 her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near l y reached t he town, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli t e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af i c pol icem an wil l soon f i nd i t. You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he l ets you go wi t hout a ti cket. However, t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli 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 hi s note on m y car :39。 l esson18 He oft en does this! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。Yes, thank you, 39。t got my bag.39。 he said 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。 t he gir l said. 39。What a day!39。 Just t hen, t he telephone r ang. I t was my aunt Lucy.39。I 39。 I said.39。m having br eakfast, 39。Do you al ways get up so lat e ? It 39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On t he last day I m ade a bi g deci sion. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been ther e 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 numbe r 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 c entr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m il es f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But t ons 珀西s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。I t39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me a nd cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Don39。 Si r, we w