【正文】 l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecol our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answer s, 39。t inter rupt, 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr etary told me that Mr . Harm swor th woul d se me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nto hi s of f ice. He did not look up f rom his desk when I ent ered. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was very bad. He t ol d me that he fi rm could not afford t o pay such l arge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im medi ately. 39。s t wo m inutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glass of ber . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and drank the 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 onth and always asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l morni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom South Af r ica. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone had t old t he pol ice t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When t he pla ne ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding whi le ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car r ied i t i nto t he Cust oms House. Whil e two det ect ives were keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous parcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den in our t own. Nearl y everybody ent er s f or 39。The Nicest Gar den Competi ion39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Ever y year I ent er f or 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 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 arge crowd of people had gathered unde r t he Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve in twenty minut es39。 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 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 musi cal i nst rument. I t is caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to t ouch it. I t is being r epai red by a f r iend of my f ather39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would receive an extr a amp。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e to be grown up! 39。 he asked. 39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。m ver y sorr y, 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m om ent ,39。I hur r i ed t o the t icket of f ice. 39。m sor ry, we39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anyt hing. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men a re unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。and i t39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。s room39。ther e is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。 I sai d. The