【正文】 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 m oney f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him to l end me amp。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Don39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. Thi s i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay her e i f you pay at t enti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s note i s onl y a r em i nder.39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper came i n. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a few 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 gir l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。m very sorr y,39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t old m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。Mr. Har mswor t h, 39。clock so we shal l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away for t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At l ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeting them at the stat ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you, 39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref use d t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t r ied to pl ay jazz on i t! She st r uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s ga rden i s more i nteresti ng. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。cl ock! 39。Dear me,39。 she asked. 39。But I 39。 she said. 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 I t39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t i s one of t he ugl i est f aces I have ever se en. I asked hi m what i t was Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。but isn39。 She looked at i t cri tical y f or a moment. 39。m hanging t hi s pictur e on t he wal l, 39。 anythi ng. They are just pr ety pat terns. We like t hem i n the same way t hat we li ke pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chi ldren of ten appreciate m oder n pictur e s bet ter than anyone el se. They not ice mor e. My sister i s onl y seven, but she always tel s me whet her m y pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nto m y room yester day. 39。t under stand them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr etend that they under st and moder n ar t. They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke English l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smil ed. Then he sai d somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。s r oom 39。s l osi ng money the se days,39。and i t 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just l ost amp。s a waste of ti me.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shing is my favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men a re unlucky. Instead of catchi ng fi sh, they catch old boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of f ice. 39。m sor ry, we39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。m very sorr y,39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 he asked. 39。