【正文】 o m e. 39。 I answered, 39。t t here ! As I was looki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Par ki ng area. You wi l enj oy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our str et si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r emi nder.39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end me amp。It 39。s garden i s larger t han Joe39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post cards. My hol idays passed qui ckly, but I di d not send any cards to my f ri ends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thir tyseven cards. I spent t he whol e day in m y r oom, but I di d not writ e a si ngl e card ! Leson 4 An excit ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om m y brother , Tim . He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer . He i s wor ki ng f or a big f irm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a sm al t own i n t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l fl y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f indi ng t hi s tri p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age in Pinhur st. Pi nhur st i s only fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scot cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon cari ed t he f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhurst o Si lbury. The bi rd covered the di st ance i n thr e m i nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has sent a gr eat m any r equest s for spar e part s and ot her urgent m essages f rom one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西Do you al ways get up so late ?It 39。m havi ng breakf ast,39。 I sai d.39。I 39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone rang. It was m y aunt Lucy.39。What a day!39。s none of your busines, 39。I can39。t hear a word!39。 t he young man said r udel y. 39。 I t hought. 39。 I39。m i ng t o see you. 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I repeated.39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glas of ber. In r et ur n for t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t ol d m e about him. Everybody knows him . Hi s name is Percy But ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wait ing at t he air port al m or ning. They were expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di amond f rom Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t ol d the poli ce t hat thieves woul d t ry t o st eal t he di amonds. When the pl ane ari ved, som e of t he det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on t he air fi el d. Two m en t ook the par cel of f t he plane and car ied it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves were keepi ng guar d at t he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To thei r sur pri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ul l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最 好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he m ost beauti ful garden i n our t own. Near ly ever ybody ent er s for 39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows m or e f lower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The clock has topped!39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave m e t he m oney imm edi at el y. 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。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ie s. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。t i nt er rupt,39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I 39。What a pit y!39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。I might as wel have them,39。 It 39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not