【正文】 s none of your busi nes,39。 認真 I t39。Cer t ai nly, 39。What a pit y!39。 Susan answered. 39。I 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。t inter rupt, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port smouth t omorr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f am ous l it tl e boat . I t has sail ed acr oss t he At lanti c many ti mes. Captai n Al ison wil l set out at eight o39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate the f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name i s Percy But tons. He cal s at every house i n the str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To their sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ull of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。 I r epeat ed. 39。 39。 I t hought. 39。t hear a wor d! 39。You m ust give up f is hi ng!39。Coul d I have t hose t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。ve sold out, 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m oment,39。t pay t he bi l. I haven39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up!39。Mr . Harm swor th,39。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you,39。s garden is m ore i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den i n t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. I t would st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nutes39。cl ock!39。 she asked. 39。ve j ust ar i ved by t r ai n, 39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on! 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y int er est ing. I di d not enj oy it . A young m an and a young wom an were sit ti ng behi nd me. They were t al ki ng l oudl y. I got very angr y. I coul d not hear t he act or s. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at t he m an and the wom an angri l y. They did not pay any at tenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it. I t ur ned r ound again. 39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unt il l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up ver y l ate. I looked out of t he window. It was dar k out si de. 39。 she said. 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 It aly. I visit ed m useums and sat i n publi c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 t im e. Fif t en mi nutes pased and then, at fi ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。 l eson18 H e oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now i t wasn39。t got m y bag.39。 I sai d. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。 m y fr i ends say.39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I t39。But I39。Dear me,39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr 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 im e. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any year s ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a vi sit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of the st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed 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。clock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. 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 group 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 meeting them at the stat ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Worker s39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 he asked. 39。m very sor ry,39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man