【正文】 Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。 I sai d. 39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busi nes,39。s a waste of t im e. 39。t he gi rl said, 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just t hen, a man hurr ied t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。I hurr ied t o t he ticket off ice. 39。m very sor ry,39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t i m e. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wi l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and m ost of the young peopl e in the town wil l be meet ing them at the stat ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Worker s39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr ument . It i s cal led a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t ime. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recentl y i t was damaged by a vi si tor. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not al l owed t o t ouch i t. I t i s being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。Dear me,39。But I 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t39。 It39。Cer t ai nl y, 39。What a pi t y!39。I t m ay have begun al r eady,39。 The i nnkeeper sm il ed and imm 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 t o m e. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。Don39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。I t39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l i nes, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g deci si on. I got up ear l y and bought t hir t y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom , but I di d not writ e a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al i a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl a ces i n Austr al ia. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Austr al i a. He wi 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 or e, so he is f i ndi ng this t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust 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 elephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yest erday, 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m havi ng breakf ast ,39。Im i ng t o se you.39。What a day!39。I can39。 t he young m an sai d r udel y. 39。 I39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。s one o39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d m e t hat Mr . Harm swor t h woul d see me. I felt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af ord t o pay such l arge salari es. Twent y people had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l 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 f ive year s ol d. I n spi te of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer 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 t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a bri ght red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear short socks and a br i ght, or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。Im sor r y, we39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s m y f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t his does not wor r y m e. Som e fi sherm en are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and r ubbish. I am even less l ucky. I never catch anythi ng not even ol d boots. Aft er havi ng spent whol e m or nings on t he r i ver, I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。I can39。What a day! 39。I 39。 I 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol idays. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed museums and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendly wai ter ta