【正文】 ed the hotel manager 39。 I t39。I might as wel have them,39。Cer t ai nly, 39。Cer t ai nly,39。What a pit y!39。I 39。 Susan answered. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east hir t y fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he 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 wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。t int er rupt ,39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ord to pay such large salar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew that my t urn had e . 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char l es 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 tl 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 ei ght o39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。s two mi nut es pas t twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bi l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Bri dge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of ber. I n r et ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang s ongs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and drank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d m e about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. 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 m eal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait i ng at t he ai rport al m orni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat t hi eves woul d t r y t o st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he det ect i ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the par cel. To their sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ull of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody enters f or 39。Wel l , 39。 5o. 39。 The m anager was sym pat het i c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。 I l ef t t he m oney i n m y r oom , 39。t reali ze one impor tant t hing. I39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s perf ormance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。 My dog had t aken i t int o the garden. He oft en does t his.39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , the i nn keeper cam e i n. 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。s of fi ce yea rs ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。I t39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a sma l t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any requests f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m essages f r om one gar age t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and t hen, at f