【正文】 sor ry,39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to 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 mswort h,39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boa t and then we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng her e t om orr ow. They wil be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e i n t he town wil l be m eet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Workers39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適 于 演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical inst r um ent . It is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t ime. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it wa s damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we are not al owed to touch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddle of a f i el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food sm elt good. Aft er a wonderf ul m eal , t hey t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al l ri ght ,39。I t 39。 she asked. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl earl y. 39。Wel, 39。 5o. 39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom ,39。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hing. I39。 m y f ri ends say.39。s perf orm ance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he ret ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e i s onl y a remi nder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。s of ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。I t39。gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。 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。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。 Har r y 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 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(huì)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 wor