【正文】 house 新居 ILesson 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。 It 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。Cer tai nl y, 39。Cer tai nl y, 39。What a pi ty!39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。but I can39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. 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 wi l have t o t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and l ong black st ocki ngs. Last year in another pla y, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answers, 39。t i nt er r upt ,39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not af or d to pay such lar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l fr om Port sm outh t om orr ow. We shal m et him at t he har bour earl y i n t he m orni ng. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l. Tapsai l is a famous li t le boat. I t has sai l ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Capt ain Ali son wi 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 t wo mi nut es pas t t wel ve! The cl ock has st opped!39。s. Bil l wor ks har der 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 t o a house i n Br i dge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer. I n ret ur n f or t his, 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 old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n the str eet 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 為時太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rport al m or ni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A f ew hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o st eal t he diamonds. When t he pla ne ar i ved, som e of t he det ecti ves were wai ti ng inside t he m ain buil di ng whi le ot her s wer e wai ti ng on t he ai rf i el d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ied it i nto t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ect ives were keepi ng guard at t he door, t wo ot her s opened t he 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 the m ost beauti f ul gar den i n our t own. 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 to see you. 39。 I39。 I t hought. 39。 t he young m an sai d rudel 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 el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy.39。I 39。 I sai d.39。m havi ng breakf ast ,39。Do you al ways get up so lat e ? It39。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. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he l ast day I m a de a bi g deci si on. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom , but I di d not writ e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust r ali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s worki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t he r e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s onl y f i ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, 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 Scott has s ent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pri vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But tons 珀西s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。I t 39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e