【正文】 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t r ied to pl ay jazz on i t! She st r uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s garden i s more i nteresti ng. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。cl ock! 39。Dear me,39。 she asked. 39。But I 39。 she said. 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 I t39。Lesson 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。 I sai d angr il y. 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。I t 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 I repeat ed. 39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glass of ber . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old me about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a mont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , someone had tol d the poli ce that thieves would t ry to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl a ne ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whil e other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keeping guar d at he door , two ot hers opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious par cel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul garden i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me t he money i mm edi at ely. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al ison, wil l sail f rom Port smout h t omorr ow. We shal l 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 amous l it tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss the At lanti c many ti mes. Captai n Al ison wil l set out at eight o39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me that Mr . Har mswort h would see m e. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat the f ir m coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 I f you r eceive a r equest l i ke t his, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She m ust be at l east t hi rt y fi ve year s old. I n spi te of t hi s, she oft en appears on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni f er wi l have to 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 bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col oured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answer s, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 Susan answered. 39。I 39。What a pit y! 39。Cer tai nl y,39。Cer tai nl y, 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。 I t39。m not real y int erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom thei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et imes I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det erm