【正文】 t i nt er rupt,39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sail f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal l meet him at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsail i s a f amous l it tl e boat . It has sail ed acr oss t he At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。s t wo m i nut es past wel ve! The clock has st opped!39。巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d m e about him . Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n the str eet once a mont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a gl ass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detecti ves wer e wait i ng at t he ai rport al m or ni ng. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of di amond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng insi de t he m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s wer e wai ti ng on t he ai rf iel d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi l e t wo det ecti ves we re keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo ot her s opened t he parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den i n our t own. Nearl y everybody ent ers f or 39。What a pi ty!39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 The i nn keeper smi l ed and im m edi at el y went out . In a few mi nut es he r et ur ned wi th m y bag and gave i t back to me. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。Don39。so now you can pay for m y di nner !39。I t 39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s f i ndi ng t hi s tr ip ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之 虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi l es f r om Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pi geon car ri ed t he f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d cover ed t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has sent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spare part s and other urgent m esages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . I n this way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But tons 珀西 t he gi rl said. 39。I t may have begun al ready, 39。t got m y bag.39。 lesson18 H e of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had l unch at a vi l age inn, I looked for my bag. I had l eft i t on a chair beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he clock stopped. The bi g m i nut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcar ds al ways spoil m y hol idays. Last summ er , I went t o It aly. I visit ed museum s and sat in publi c gardens. A fr iendly wai ter t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t ali an. 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows money fr om hi s fr i ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and cam e and sat at t he sam e t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom m e. Whil e he was eat i ng, I asked him t o lend m e amp。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a r emi nder. 39。 I answered, 39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。s one o39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi atel y. 39。 As I soon learnt, he was Engli sh himself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr etary told me t hat Mr. Harmswor th would see me. I felt very ner vous when. I went i nto hi s off ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I ent ered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busi ness was very bad. He t ol d me that the f ir m could not af ord t o pay such l arge salari es. Twenty people had alr eady left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act r ess. She m ust be at l east t hi rt yf ive year s ol d. I n spi t