【正文】 his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。t i nt er rupt,39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bright, or ange coloured dr es. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answers, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。but I can39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。 Susan me, 39。clock! 39。The Nicest Gar den Competi ion39。s garden is more interesting. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden bridge over a pool . I li ke gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den peti ion too, and I always win a l it tle pri ze f or the worst garden i n the town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was the last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat hered unde r t he Town Hal l clock. It woul d st rike twelve in t wenty mi nutes39。 I looked at my watch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock refused to wele the New Year. At hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical inst rument . I t i s cal ed a clavi chord(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the livingr oom. It has bel ong to our f ami ly f or a long time. The i nstr ument was bought by my grandf at her many years ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visitor . She tri ed t o pl ay j azz on it! She str uck the keys too hard and two of t he str ings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to t ouch it. I t i s being repair ed by a f riend of my f at her39。I have never bor rowed any money from you,39。cl ock so we shal have plent y of ti me. We shal se his boat and then we shal l say goodbye to him. He wil be away for two mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him. He wil l take par t i n an i mpor tant race across t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ting al part s of the country. They wil l be ar ri vi ng here tomorr ow. They wi l l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people in t he t own wi l be meet ing them at t he station. Tomorrow evening they wil be si nging at t he Wor kers39。Mr. Har mswort h, 39。 he Said. Then he smi led and tol d me I would recei ve an extr a amp。My dear , it must be t er rible t o be grown up! 39。 he asked. 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he said 39。 I said. 39。May I have t wo tickets please ?39。 the girl sai d. 39。Do you al ways get up so late ?It 39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post cards. My hol idays passed qui ckly, but I di d not send any cards to my f ri ends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thir tyseven cards. I spent t he whol e day in m y r oom, but I di d not writ e a si ngl e card ! Leson 4 An excit ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om m y brother , Tim . He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer . He i s wor ki ng f or a big f irm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a sm al t own i n t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l fl y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f indi ng t hi s tri p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age in Pinhur st. Pi nhur st i s only fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scot cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon cari ed t he f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhurst o Si lbury. The bi rd covered the di st ance i n thr e m i nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has s ent a gr eat m any r equest s for spar e part s and ot her urgent m essages f rom one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西s garden i s larger t han Joe39。It 39。s off 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 bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end me amp。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Don39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Par ki ng area. You wi l enj oy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our s tr et si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r emi nder.39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he i nkeeper came in. 39。 I answered, 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few minutes he r