【正文】 s r oom 39。and it 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。the gi rl said, 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he ticket off ice. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。m ver y sor r y, 39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would receive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant r ace acr oss t he At l ant i c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ain and most of the young people i n t he town wi l be m et ing t hem at the stati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si nging at the Workers39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n the l iving room. I t has belong t o our f amil y f or a long t ime. The instr ument was bought by my gr andfat her many years ago. Recentl y it wa s damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f r iend of my f at her39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。Dear me,39。But I 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t39。 she sai d. 39。s not there now. 39。 But t hey don39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 he said 39。Yes, thank you, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c poli ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky if he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic pol ice are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neither of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busines, 39。t hear a wor d!39。 I t hought. 39。m i ng to see you.39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om m y brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer . He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr a li a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a te lephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Silbur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance i n t hr ee mi nut e s. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。Don39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking for it , the i n keeper came in. 39。 The inn keeper sm iled and i mmediat el y went out . In a few m inutes he r et urned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。 my f r iends say.39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。 5o. 39。I can39。What a day! 39。I 39。 I 39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng) 給 我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I taly. I visi ted museum s and sat in publi c gardens. A fr iendly wai te r taught me a f ew wor ds of I tali an. 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 l esson18 H e