【正文】 9。m i ng t o see you. 39。 I39。 I t hought . 39。 t he young m an said r udel y. 39。t hear a wor d! 39。 5 、質(zhì)量指標(biāo) 4 4 4 2 2 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 made 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。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you park your car i n the wr ong place, a tr af fi c poli ceman wi l l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a t icket. However, thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes very poli te. Dur ing a holi day in Sweden, I f ound thi s not e on my car :39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 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 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 French 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