【正文】 d good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi ately. 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m or e f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d m e about him . Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n the str eet once a mont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Leson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of di am ond f r om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, som eone had t old t he pol i ce t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When t he pl ane ar i ved, some of t he det ect i ves wer e wai ti ng i nsi de t he mai n bui ldi ng whi l e ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf i el d. Two men t ook t he parcel of f t he pl ane and car ied it i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whi le two det ecti ves were keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo others 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 beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody ent er s for 39。The Nicest Gar den Compet it 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 like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wele the New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr ument . It i s cal led a clavichord(翼琴 ) . It was made in 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 r owed any m oney f rom you,39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or two mont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t in an impor tant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, they are vi sit ing al part s of the count ry. They wil l be ar iving 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 ation. Tomorr ow evening t hey wi l l be si ngi ng at the Workers39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up!39。 he asked. 39。t pay the bil l. I haven39。 he said 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。ve sol d out,39。Can I r et urn these t wo t i cket s?39。Could I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。You must give up f is hing!39。 But they don39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。s not there now. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi r l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 she sai d. 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl i sh speak Engl i sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語嗎 ade a bi g 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 card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o the ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 P