【正文】 ing at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money f r om hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me . Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。I t39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci sion. 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 wr i te a singl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om my brot her , Tim. He is i n Aust ral ia. He has been t her e f or six months. Ti m is an engineer . He i s worki ng for a big fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great number of dif ferent places in Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al i ce Spr ings, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Austr al ia. He wi l soon visit Darwi n. From there, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st is only f ive m il es f r om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone 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 mesage fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the dist ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many requests f or spar e par ts and other urgent mesages f r om one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西Do you al ways get up so lat e ? It 39。m having br eakfast, 39。 I said.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。 But they don39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。ve sol d out,39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。 I sai d. 39。 he sai d 39。t got m y bag.39。Yes, t hank you, 39。 lesson18 He of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a t r af fi c poli cem an wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be ver y lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not al ways happen. Traf fi c pol ice ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s note on m y car :39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be s taying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I said good m or ning t o him i n Fre nch and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly said, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele cam e i n. Har r y wor ked i n a l awyer39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inut e hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useums and sat i n publ i c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I39。m sti l having br eakf ast, 39。 she sai d. 39。s r aini ng agai n.39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unti l unch tim e. Last Sunday I got up ver y lat e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dar k outside. 39。 It 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt er est i ng. I did not enj oy it . A young man and a young woman wer e si t i ng behind m e. They wer e tal ki ng loudly. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act ors . I tur ned r ound. I l ooked at the m an and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent i on. I n the end, I coul d not bear i t. I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。I t 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n,39。 But I39。 she asked. 39。Dear m e, 39。cl ock!39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st r ike t wel ve