【正文】 s one o39。s room39。and it39。s a waste of t im e. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of f ice. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。m very sorr y,39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive 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 good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or two mont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t in an impor tant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, they are vi sit ng al part s of the count ry. They wil l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l l be ing by t r ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st at ion. Tomorr ow evening t hey wi l l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was t r ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rument. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept in the l iving room. It has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recently it wa s damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。 shem e, 39。s not there now. 39。 But t hey don39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。Can I r et ur n t hese t wo t icket s?39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。 he sai d 39。Yes, t hank you, 39。 100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a t r af fi c poli cem an wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be ver y lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not al ways happen. Traf fi c pol ice ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s note on m y car :39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I said good m or ning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly said, ver y sl owl y, 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele cam e i n. Har r y wor ked i n a l awyer39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。 she sai d. 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 wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol i days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g decisi 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 r oom, but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y br ot her , Ti m. He i s i n Aust r al ia. 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 gr eat num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Aust r al ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr ings, a sm al l t own i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l s oon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t here, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。Don39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm 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 to m e. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。 m y f ri ends say.39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。5o. 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。 ti me. Fi ft een minutes pased and the n, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big minute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 l esson18 He oft en does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r bes