【正文】 worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden i n our town. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。s one o39。What a pi t y! 39。I 39。 Susan ans wer ed. 39。 Less on19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Did you have a good meal ?39。 If you r eceive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act res. She must be at l east t hi rty five years old. I n spit e of t hi s, she often appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wi l have to take part in a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she must appear i n a br ight red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year i n another play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orangecol oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answers, 39。t inter upt, 39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engl ish hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary told me t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nto his of fi ce. He did not look up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that busines was very bad. He told me that he f irm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had alr eady left. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wil sai l f rom Portsmout h tomor row. We shal met hi m at he harbour earl y in the morning. He wi l l be in his smal l boat , Topsail. Tapsail is a f amous l it tle boat . I t has ailed acr oss the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。2. To my surpri se, he gave me the money immediately. 39。s t wo minut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bil works harder than Joe and gr ows more f lower s and veget ables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glas of beer. In r etur n for t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate t he f ood and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t ol d me about him. Everybody knows hi m. His name is Percy But t ons. He cal s at every house in the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few hour s earl ier, someone had told t he poli ce that hi eves would t ry to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ing inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men took t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed i t i nt o the Customs House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To their surpr ise, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden i n our town. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。s one o39。me, 39。clock! 39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。s gar den is more i nt er esting. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden bridge over a pool . I li ke gardens too, but I do not like har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den pet it ion too, and I always win a l it le pri ze f or the worst garden i n the town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal . I t was the last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal l clock. It woul d st rike twelve in t wenty mi nutes39。 I looked at my watch. It was true. The bi g cl ock refused t o wele the New Year. At hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical instrument . I t i s cal ed a clavi chord(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our cl avichor d is kept i n the livi ngr oom. It has bel ong to our f amily f or a long ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied to play jaz on it! She str uck t he keys too har d and two of the st rings wer e br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of my f at her39。I have never borr owed any money f rom you,39。cl ock so we shal l have plent y of t ime. We shal l se his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to him. He wil l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of hi m. He wi l take part in an impor tant r ace across t he At lant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si ngers. At present , t hey are visit ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar iving here t omor row. They wi l be ing by t rain and most of the young people i n the town wil be meti ng t hem at the stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil l be singi ng at the Wor ker s39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would r eceive an ext ra amp。My dear, it must be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up!39。 he asked. 39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。m ver y sor r y, 39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any m om ent , 39。I hur r i ed t o t he t i cket of f i ce. 39。m sor r y, we39。 Susan me, 39。clock! 39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。s gar den is more i nt er esting. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden bridge over a pool . I li ke gardens too, but I do not like har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den pet it ion too, and I always win a l it le pri ze f or the worst garden i n the town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal . I t was the last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal l clock. It woul d st rike twelve in t wenty mi nutes39。