【正文】 ther. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西s gar den is l arger than Joe39。I t39。s off i ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, 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 me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end me amp。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Don39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ent ion t o our st r et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking f or it, t he i n keeper came i n. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 The inn keeper smi led and imm edi atel y went out. I n a f ew mi nutes he r et ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。I t m ay have begun al ready,39。 I asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。s per for mance. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。 I lef t he money in my r oom ,39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。5o. 39。Wel ,39。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。l soon learn Engl is h!39。. Of course, many pi ctures arc not 39。t hear a wor d!39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t hought. 39。 I 39。 39。What are you doing ?39。 I repeat ed. 39。s one o39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in 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 retur n for t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour told me about hi m . Ever ybody knows him . Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ti ng at t he ai rpor t al l morni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af r ica. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves woul d tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car ri ed it i nto t he Cust oms House. Whi le two detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he parcel. To t hei r sur pr ise, the pr ecious parcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。s. Bi l works harder t han Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s t wo m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me the m oney i mmediat el y. 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish himself ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr etar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswor t h would see me. I felt very ner vous when. I went i nto hi s off ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I entered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was very bad. He t old m e that the f ir m could not af ord to pay such large salari es. Twenty people had alr eady left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。t inter rupt, 39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack stockings . Last year in anot her play, she had t o wear short socks and a br i ght, or ange col our ed dress. If anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。but I can39。I 39。 Leson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。I 39。What a pit y!39。Cer t ai nly,39。Cer tainl y, 39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。 It 39。m not real y i nt erested 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, i t came i nto use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a l et ter fr om a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i t