【正文】 our fami ly f or a long t ime. The instr ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too hard and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed t o t ouch i t. I t i s being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s gar den is mor e int er est ing. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Ever y year I ent er f or the garden pet it ion t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tle pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。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。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。 I sai d angr il y. 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。I t 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 I repeat ed. 39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved to a house in Bri dge Str 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 urn f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s name is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a mont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of diam ond f r om South Af r ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When the pla ne ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding while ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men t ook t he parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t i nto t he Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was ful l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den in our t own. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s two minutes past t welve! The clock has st opped!39。 2. To m y surpr ise, he gave me t he m oney imm edi at ely. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Char les Al ison, wi l sail f rom Por t sm out h t om or r ow. We shal m eet him at the har bour ear l y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a fam ous li t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captai n Ali son wil set out at eight o39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se m e. I f elt ver y nervous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was ver y bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af fo r d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。t i nter upt, 39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot fai l to obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of t his, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answers, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 Susan answered. 39。I 39。What a pit y!39。Cer t ai nly,39。Cer tai nl y, 39。I might as wel have t hem ,39。 It 39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat a nd doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng me m ad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r e ason i t could not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det er mi ned to stay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght. Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eam ed of recei ving a l eter f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and