【正文】 cl ock! 39。 she asked. 39。 she said. 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 st ay i n bed unti l unch ti Sunday I got up very late. I looke d out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engl i sh hi msel f ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d s e me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was very bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. t he wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I tur ned r ound again. 39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s one o39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。ve just ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money fr om his fr iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。s gar den i s l arger than Joe39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。 I sai d. 39。 I39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s ti me, they wi l gi ve f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f i cult t im e. They wi l be t ryi ng t o keep order. I t i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a sm al l vi l age i n t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o t he next town. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he sam e l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had near l y reached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e i n. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l havi ng breakfast ,39。 Just t hen, the t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busi nes,39。t hear a wor d! 39。 I t hought. 39。m i ng t o see you.39。m havi ng br eakf ast,39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not under stand a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al i a. He has been t her e f or si x mont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a great num ber of dif f er ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a sm al t own in t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visit Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l f l y to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f i ndi ng t his t ri p very excit ing. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage i n Si l bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhurst is onl y fi ve mil es fr om Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a t e lephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhurst t o Si l bur y. The bi rd covered t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e t elephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。s o now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。 I sai d angr i ly. 39。I t 39。 39。 I repeated.39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and drank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him . Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he st reet once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl a s of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ting 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 ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves would 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 par cel. 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 ent er s for 39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye an