【正文】 . Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready l ef t. I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in hi s smal boat , Topsail .Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。2. To my sur pr i se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。s two minutes past welve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge St reet. Yester day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he a ir 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 surpri 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 i n our t own. Near ly everybody enters f or 39。s one o39。 I r epeat ed. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。I t 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。t r eal i ze one i m por t ant t hi ng. I 39。 m y f r i ends say. 39。s per for mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 My dog had t aken i t i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。 I answered, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。 Si r, we wele you to our ci ty. This i s a No Parking area. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e is only a remi nder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。I t39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I ma de a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From the re, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s f inding t his t ri p ver y exci ti 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t elephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 I sai d. 39。m i ng to see you.39。 I39。 I t hought. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。t hear a wor d!39。I can39。s none of your busines, 39。What a day! 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 I 39。 she sai d. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly som eone shout ed, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har ry St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t