【正文】 ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。 each year , but Joe wins every t i m e. Bil l Fri th39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。I 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。What a day! 39。s none of your busines, 39。I can39。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 lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postc ards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a let er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there 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 number 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 centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om there, he wi l f ly t o Pert 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 has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pinhur st is only f ive m il es f r om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many requests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent mesages f r om one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But tons 珀西s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。I t 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has neve r 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 f or my di nner !39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Don39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。t t here ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, t he innkeeper came in. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 I asked. 39。 the gi r l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s perf ormance. 39。 my f r iends say.39。t r eal ize one impor tant thi ng. I 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。 5o. 39。I can39。s none of your busines, 39。What a day! 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 I 39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。 each year , but Joe wins every t i m e. Bil l Fri th39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y St el e came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f i ve per f or m ances. As usual , the poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It i s al ways the sam e on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 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 vil lage in t he sout h of France, I drove on t o t he next town. On t he way, a young m an waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I said good m or ning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Nei ther of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y r eached the t own, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y slowl y, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it 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 eson18 He of ten does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I looked for m y bag. I had lef t i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now it wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 he sai d 39。 I said. 39。May I have two t ickets pl ease ?39。ve sold out ,39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。Could I have t hose two ti cket s pl ease ?39。but t hey ar e f or ne