【正文】 I like gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I enter for t he garden peti tion too, and I always win a li tl e pr ize for t he wor st garden in the town! Leson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o the Town Hal. It was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal cl ock. I t would stri ke t wel ve i n twent y minut es39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The big clock r ef used to wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nstr ument. It is cal led a cl avichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was made i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he l iving room. I t has belong t o our famil y for a long t ime. The inst rument was bought by my grandf at her many years ago. Recentl y it was dam aged by a visitor. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str ings were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it. It is being repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。I have never bor rowed any money from you,39。clock so we shal have pl enty of ti me. We shal see his boat and then we shal say goodbye to him. He wil be away for two mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i mport ant race across the Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, they ar e vi si ting al part s of the country. They wil be ar ri vi ng here tomorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people in t he t own wi l be meet ing them at the station. Tomor row evening they wi l be singing at the Workers39。Mr. Harmswor th,39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t ol d m e I would r ec ei ve an extr a amp。My dear , i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up!39。 he asked. 39。t pay t he bil l. Ihaven39。m very sor ry,39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。I hurr ied to the ti cketoff ice. 39。m sorr y, we39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hurr ied to the ti cketof fice. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。the gi rl said, 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I of ten fi sh f or hours wi thout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But thi s does not worr y me. Some f ishermen are unl ucky. Instead of catchi ng f ish, they catch old boots and r ubbish. I am even les lucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he r iver , I always go home wi t h an empty bag. 39。s a waste of ti me.39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。and i t39。s losing money these days, 39。s r oom39。t her e i s st il some honest y in this worl d !39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said something and I understood i t. 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak English ? leson26 The best art cri t i cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many peopl e pr et end that t hey under st and modern art . They always tel you what api ct ur e is 39。 anything. They are just pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al . I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e modern pictures bet er than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways tels me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 She looked at i t cri ticaly f or a moment .39。but isn39。 signs outsi de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was 安徽省 石臺縣鱷魚、 鱷魚 龜 、 梅花鹿 生態(tài) 養(yǎng)殖觀光園項目 可 行 性 研 究 報 告 二○一○年八月 Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Buttons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once amont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 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 police that hi eves would tr y to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ng inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed it 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 surpri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of stones 。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the af ternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ire. They wer e al l hungry and the food smelt good. Aft er a wonderful meal, they told stori es and sang songs by the camp f ire. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and for tabl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was full of wat er ! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hurri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavil y and they found t hat a str eam had formed in the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of those r ar e peopl e who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house in the ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t roubl e with motori st s. when he returns home at night, he always f inds t hat someone has par ke