【正文】 sion. I got up early and bought thir tyseven cards. I spent the whol e day in my r oom, but I did not wr it e a single car d !Leson 4 An exci ting t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust received a l et ter f rom my br ot her, Tim. He is in Aust rali a. He has been ther e for six months. Tim is an engi neer. He is wor king for a big f ir m and he has already visit ed a great number of dif erent places in Austr alia. He has just bought an Australi an car and has gone to Ali ce Springs, asmal town in t he cent re of Australi a. He wil l soon visit Dar win. Fr om ther e, he wil fl y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f indi ng t his tr ip ver y exci ti 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage i n Pi nhurst. Pinhurst is onl y five mil es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scott cannot get a te lephone f or his new garage, so he has just bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ied the fi rst mesage f rom Pinhur st to Sil bury. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hr e mi nutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one garage to the other . I n this way, he has begun his own pr ivat e telephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西s garden i s larger than Joe39。I t39。s off ice years ago, but he is now working at abank. He get s a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and cam e 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 as ked him t o l end me amp。so now you can pay for m y di nner!39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Don39。 Sir, we wele you to our city. Thi s i s a No Par ki ng area. You wil enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tent ion to our str et signs. Thi s note i s only a r emi nder.39。t t here ! As I was looki ng f or i t, the inn keeper came in. 39。 I answered, 39。 The i nkeeper smil ed and immedi at el y went out. In a f ew minut es he returned wi th my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the gar den. He oft en does this.39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s perf or mance. 39。 I sai d angril y. 39。This i s a pri vat e conversati on!39。I t39。ve j ust ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。 39。What ar e you doing ?39。 I r epeat ed.39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Bri dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a gl ass of beer. I n return f or t hi s, the beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er anei ghbour told me about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Per cy But t ons. He cal s at every house in t he st reet once a mont h and al ways asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Leson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and detect ives were wait ng at t he ai r port al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uable par cel of diam ond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s earli er, som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat hi eves would t ry t o steal t he diam onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the det ecti ves wer e wait ing insi de t he main buil di ng whil e ot hers were wai ti ng on t he ai rf ield. Two men took the parcel off t he plane and car ied it into t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot hers opened t he par cel. To thei r surpri se, t he pr ecious par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul gar den i n our town. Near ly ever ybody ent er s for 39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and grows m or e fl owers and vegetabl es, but Joe39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 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 luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captain Char les Alison, wil l sai l f r om Port smout。 Har y sai d, 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har ry Steel e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive to t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not m ove. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bi l Frit h39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o It al y. I vi sit ed m useum s and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al ian. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I 39。m st il havi ng br eakf ast,39。I 39。 Just hen, t he t el ephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。What a day!39。s none of your busi ness,39。I can39。t he gi rl said, 39。 the gi rl said. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just then, aman hurr ied to the ti cketoff ice. 39。m sorry, we39。I hurri ed t o the ti cket off ice. 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。m very sor ry,39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, it must be t er ri bl e to be gr own up!39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would r eceive an ext ra amp。Mr . Harmswor th,39。clock so we shal ha ve pl enty of t i me. We shal l see hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo months. We are very proud of him. He wi l take part in an important r ace acr oss the Atlantic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present, they are visit ng al par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by train and most of the young peopl e i n the town wil be meti ng t hem at the st at ion. Tomor row eveni ng t hey wil l be singi ng at the Worker s39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you, 39。 I looked at my wat c