【正文】 nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowe d t o touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s garden i s more inter est ing. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or the wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。cl ock! 39。Dear me,39。 she asked. 39。But I39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。I t39。This i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat re. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest ing. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at t he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any atenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。 I t39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes stay i n bed until l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。s rai ni ng agai n.39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l having br eakf ast, 39。 I 39。 she said. 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds always spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went to I tal y. I vi si ted museum s and sat in publ ic gardens. A fr iendly wai ter t aught me a f ew wor ds of I tal ian. 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。 ti me. Fi ft een minut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock st opped. The big m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t ime. They wi l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car , I sai d good morni ng to hi m i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, ver y slowl y, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c poli ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 l esson18 H e oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 he said 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。ve sol d out ,39。Can I r et urn t hese t wo t icket s?39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 But they don39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。s not t her e now.39。 he said. He start ed to pl ai n about t his wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。 she said. 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r i ved i n London at l ast. The r ailway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very caref ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not underst and m e。You39。about 39。I can39。s none of your busines,39。What a day! 39。 Just then, t he tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。Im i ng to see you.39。 I said. 39。m having br eakf ast ,39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a few lines, but I did not under stand a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. M y holidays pased qui ckly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om my brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an e ngineer. He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Per t h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott