【正文】 d that busi ness was ver y bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar i es. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 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 across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。s t wo minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In r etur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Percy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Leson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am 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 plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wait ng inside t he main bui lding 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 the door, t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和 最 差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。s one o39。 I repeat 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 eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s per for mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl s ai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into 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 there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om m e. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end me amp。I t39。s gar den i s l arger than 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 m ont 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 t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 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 in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott 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 ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s 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 his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西Do you always 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 c an39。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 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. 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 every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil