【正文】 ri ver, I al ways go home wit h an empt y bag. 39。t he gir l said, 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hur ri ed t o the ticket off ice. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest l ike this, you cannot fail to obey it ! Leson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive years old. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young girl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. This ti me, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In the play, she must appear i n a bri ght red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bright, or ange coloured dr es. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answers, 39。t inter upt, 39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh himself! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me t hat Mr. Har mswor th woul d see me. I felt ver y nervous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d that business was ver y bad. He t ol d me that the f irm could not af or d to pay such la rge sal ar ies. Twent y people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsm out h t om or row. We shal l m et him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。2. To my surpri se, he gave me the money immedi at el y. 39。s t wo minut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bi l wor ks harder t han Joe and grows mor e fl owers and vegetables, but Joe39。s garden is mor e interest ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I li ke gardens too, but I do not like har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for the gar den pet it on too, and I always win a l it le prize for the wor st gar den in t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went to the Town Hal . I t was the last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gathered under the Town Hal clock. It woul d str ike twelve in twenty minutes39。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g cl ock refused to 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 i nst r ument . I t is 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 l ong ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on it! She str uck the keys too har d and two of the str ings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . I t i s being repai red by a f riend of my f at her39。I have never borrowed any money fr om you,39。cl ock so we shal have plent y of tim e. We shal se his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to him. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We are ver y pr oud of him . He wil l take par t in an i mpor tant r ace across t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he countr y. They wil l be ari vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rain and m ost of the young people i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at he stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil be si ngi ng at he Wor kers39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。My dear , it must be ter rible t o be grown up! 39。 he asked. 39。t pay the bil . I haven39。 he said 39。 I sai d. 39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。ve sold out ,39。Can I r et ur n these two t ickets?39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。You must give up fishing! 39。 But t hey don39。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。s not t here now.39。 he said. He start ed t o plain about t hi s wicked wor ld but was inter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 she sai d. 39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The port er , however, could not understand me。You39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I answered. 39。 I t39。t it upsidedown ?39。taxi39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bi rmingham t o a lonely vil lage i n the Welsh mount ai ns. Si nce then, Captain Fawcet has f lown pasenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet t has just refused a strange r equest f rom a busi nesman. The man wanted to f ly t o Rockal , a l onely island i n the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too dangerous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足 gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。I t39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now working at a bank. He gets agood salary, but he always borr ows money fr om his fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o lend me amp。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。Do you speak English?39。Don39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at tent ion to our street signs. Thi s note is only a