【正文】 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(qǐng)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(huì)講英語(yǔ)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 angua ge. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Nei t her 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 sa id 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 e ts 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 s hi ng!39。 But t hey don39。t hear a wor d!39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t hought. 39。 I39。m i ng to see you.39。 I sai d. 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g deci si on. 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 writ e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust r ali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s worki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian ca r and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s onl y f i ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par t s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other . I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But ons 珀西s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。I t39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har r y saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never borr owe