【正文】 luck n. 運(yùn)氣，幸運(yùn)captain n. 船長sail v. 航行harbour n. 港口proud adj. 自豪important adj. 重要的參考譯文。ll meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。他從未向我借過錢。New words and expressions 生詞和短語turn n. 行為，舉止deserve v. 應(yīng)得到，值得lawyer n. 律師bank n. 銀行salary n. 工資immediately adv. 立刻參考譯文我正在一家飯館吃飯。s office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。她在擊琴鍵時用力過猛，損壞了兩根琴弦。s.New words and expressions 生詞和短語jazz n. 爵士音樂musical adj. 音樂的instrument n. 樂器clavichord n. 古鋼琴recently adv. 最近damage v. 損壞key n. 琴鍵string n. （樂器的）弦shock v. 使不悅或生氣，震驚allow v. 允許，讓touch v. 觸摸參考譯文我家有件古樂器，被稱作古鋼琴，是1681年德國造的。突然有人喊道：“已經(jīng)12點零2分了！那鐘已經(jīng)停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。再過20分鐘，大鐘將敲響12下。It39。他修筑了一條條整潔的小路，并在一個池塘上架了一座小木橋。s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹里面裝的全是石頭和沙子！Lesson 8The best and the worst最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。數(shù)小時以前，有人向警方報告，說有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。大家都認(rèn)識他。我給了他一頓飯。就這樣，他開始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。平赫特離錫爾伯里只有5英里，所以他買了只鴿子。我弟弟以前從未出過國，因此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心。他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個月了。到了最后一天，我作出了一項重大決定。一位好客的服務(wù)員教了我?guī)拙湟獯罄Z，之后還借給我一本書?！拔艺诔栽顼?，”我又說了一遍。是我姑母露西打來的。上個星期天，我起得很晚。Do you always get up so late? It39。m having breakfast,39。 I said.39。m ing to see you.39。I39。 I thought. 39。我非常生氣，因為我聽不見演員在說什么。This is a private conversation!39。 I said angrily. 39。Lesson 1A private conversation私人談話Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 39。It39。New words and expressions 生詞和短語private adj. 私人的conversation n. 談話theatre n. 劇場，戲院seat n. 座位play n. 戲loudly adv. 大聲地angry adj. 生氣的angrily adv. 生氣地attention n. 注意bear v. 容忍business n. 事rudely adv. 無禮地，粗魯?shù)貐⒖甲g文上星期我去看戲。我回過頭去怒視著那一男一女，他們卻毫不理會。It39。ve just arrived by train,39。39。What are you doing?39。 I repeated.39。s one o39。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗?！拔覄傁禄疖?，”她說，“我這就來看你?！疤彀?，”她說，“你總是起得這么晚嗎？現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)1點鐘了！Lesson 3Please send me a card請給我寄一張明信片Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirtyseven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!New words and expressions 生詞和短語send v. 寄，送postcard n. 明信片spoil v. 使索然無味，損壞museum n. 博物館public adj. 公共的friendly adj. 友好的waiter n. 服務(wù)員，招待員lend v. 借給decision n. 決定whole adj. 整個的single adj. 唯一的，單一的參考譯文明信片總攪得我假日不得安寧。我讀了幾行，但一個字也不懂。我早早起了床，買來了37張明信片。蒂姆是個工程師，正在一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過澳大利亞的不少地方了。Lesson 5No wrong numbers無錯號之虞 Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private 39。昨天，一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯里。Lesson 6Percy ButtonsI have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.New words and expressions 生詞和短語beggar n. 乞丐food n. 食物pocket n. 衣服口袋call v. 拜訪，光顧參考譯文我剛剛搬進(jìn)了大橋街的一所房子。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。他每月對這條街上的每戶人家光顧一次，總是請求給他一頓飯和一杯啤酒。當(dāng)飛機(jī)到達(dá)時，一些偵探等候在主樓內(nèi)，另一些偵探則守候在停機(jī)坪上。The Nicest Garden Competition39。s garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden petition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!New words and expressions 生詞和短語petition n. 比賽，競賽neat adj. 整齊的，整潔的path n. 小路，小徑wooden adj. 木頭的pool n. 水池參考譯文。我也喜歡花園，但我卻不愿意辛勤勞動。s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!39。15分鐘過去了，而就在11點55分時，大鐘停了。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。我們的這架古鋼琴存放在起居室里。我父親大為吃驚，不許我們再動它。I have never borrowed any money from you,39。托尼曾在一家律師事務(wù)所工作，而現(xiàn)在正在一家銀行上班。當(dāng)他吃飯時，我提出向他借20英鎊。clock, so we39。明天一大早我們將在碼頭為他送行。我們將參觀他的船，然后和他告別。目前他們正在全國各地巡回演出，明天就要到達(dá)此地。在此期間，他們將演出5場。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself!39。我把車停下，他向我提出要求搭車。就要到達(dá)那個鎮(zhèn)時，那青年突然開了口，慢慢地說道：“你會講英語嗎？”我很快了解到，他自己就是個英國人！Lesson 15Good news佳音The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office. He d