【正文】 went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. 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I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t old m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。Mr. Har mswor t h, 39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t i m e. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wi l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and m ost of the young peopl e in the town wil l be meet ing them at the stat ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Worker s39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。 I looked at m y watch. It was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rument. I t is cal ed a cl avichor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade in Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept in the l iving room. It has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st r i ngs were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed to touch it . It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d work. Every year I ent er for the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a li t le pr ize f or t he wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。cl ock! 39。Dear me,39。 she asked. 39。But I 39。 she said. 39。s r ai ning again.39。. Lesson 2 Breakf ast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es st ay in bed unti l lunch ti Sunday I got up ver y late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out side. 39。 I t39。sson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theatr e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nteresti ng. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e sit ing behind m e. They wer e talki ng loudly. I got ver y angr y. I could not hear t he act ors. I turned r ound. I looked at the man and t he woman angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I could not bear i t. I tur ned r ound agai n. 39。 I sai d angri ly. 39。This is a pr ivate conver sat ion!39。I t 39。ve just ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I r epeated.39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house i n Br idge St reet. Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . In r etur n for t his, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him . Ever ybody knows him. Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in the str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives wer e wai t i ng 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 thieves would t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on the air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel off 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 , two 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 gar