【正文】 cr owd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。cl ock!39。Dear m e,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。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear 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。t inter rupt, 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h woul d see m e. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twent y peopl e had alr eady left . I knew that m y tur n had e. 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char les Al ison, wil sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney im mediat el y. 39。s t wo m i nut es past t wel ve! The cl ock has st opped!39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved to a house i n Bri dge St r et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et ur n f or thi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows him . Hi s nam e is Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves were wai ti ng at t he ai r por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am ond fr om Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had tol d the poli ce t hat hieves woul d t r y t o st eal the di am onds. When t he pl a ne ar ri ved, som e of t he detecti ves wer e wait i ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot her s were wai ti ng on t he ai rf iel d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi l e t wo det ecti ves were keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot her s opened the par cel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones 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 f ul gar den i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。s one o39。 I r epeat ed. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。m i ng t o see you. 39。 I39。 I t hought . 39。 t he young m an said r udel y. 39。t hear a wor d! 39。I can39。s none of your busi nes,39。What a day!39。 Just t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。I 39。 I sai d.39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On t he l ast day I ma de a bi g decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom, but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y br ot her , Ti m. He i s i n Aust r al ia. He has been t her e f or si x mont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Aust r al ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr ings, a sm al l t own i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t here, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。I t39。s off ice ye ar s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney