【正文】 t axi39。 It39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。You39。 she said. 39。s not ther e now.39。 But they don39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Can I r et ur n these two ti ckets?39。I hur ried to t he t icket of fi ce. 39。Im ver y sorr y,39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。t inter upt, 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wil sai l f rom Portsmout h tomor row. We shal met hi m at he har bour earl y in the morning. He wil l be in his smal l boat , Topsail .Tapsail is a f amous lit tle boat . I t has sailed acr oss the Atlantic many times. Capt ai n Alison wi l set out at eight o39。s t wo minutes past twelve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pr i si ng Per cy Butt ons. He cal ls at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was late and detect ives were wait ng at the ai rpor t al morning. They were expect ing a valuabl e parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours ear lier, someone had t ol d the pol ice t hat thieves woul d try t o st eal t he diamonds. When the pl ane ari ved, some of the det ecti ves wer e wai ting insi de t he main buildi ng whil e ot hers were wait ng on the airf ield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and car ied it into the Customs House. Whil e two det ecti ves wer e keeping guard at the door, two other s opened the parcel . To t heir sur pr ise, the preci ous par cel was full of stones 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 town. Nearly ever ybody enters for 39。but isn39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak English ? leson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they under st and modern art . They always t el l you what a pi ct ur e i s 39。there is stil l some honesty i n t hi s worl d !39。s l osing money these days, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shing is my f avour ite spor t. I of ten f ish for hours wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But this does not worry m e. Some f ishermen ar e unlucky. Inst ead of catchi ng f ish, the y catch ol d boots and r ubbish. I am even l ess lucky. I never catch anything not even ol d boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole mornings on the r iver , I always go home wit h an empty bag. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。Im sor ry, we39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 I answered, 39。 Sir , we wele you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Parking area. You wil l enj oy your stay here i f you pay atention t o our st reet si gns. This not e is onl y a r eminder. 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。s of fi ce years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borr ows money f rom his fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me a nd came and sat at t he same t able. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend me amp。s garden is larger t han Joe39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and grows m or e f l ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。2. To my surpri se, he gave me the money immediately. 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary t ol d m e t hat Mr. Harmswor th woul d se me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went into his offi ce. He di d not look up fr om his desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi nes was very bad. He told me t hat he f irm coul d not af ord t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y turn had e. 39。 I f you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey it! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She must be at least thirt y fi ve year s old. In spi te of this, she oft en appear s on t he stage as ayoung gir l. Jenni fer wil have to t ake part i n a new play soon. Thi s time, she wil be a gi rl of sevent en. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dress and long black st ocki ngs. Last year in another pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght, orangecol oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answers, 39。but I can39。The play may begin at any moment ,39。ve sold out,39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。You must give up fi shing! 39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。 he said. He st ar ted to plain about this wicked world but was inter upted by a knock at the door . A girl came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 l esson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ari ved in London at l ast. The r ai lway stati on was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way t o my hotel, so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English ver y carefull y, but ver y cl earl y as wel. The port er , however , could not underst and me。about39。 I answer ed. 39。t i t upsi dedown ?39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。 I looked at my watch. It was true. The bi g cl ock refused t o wel e the New Year. At hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal instr ument. It is cal led a cl avichor d( 翼琴 ) . It was made i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he l iving room. I t has belong to our famil y for a long t ime. The inst rument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by avi si tor. She t ried to play jazz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the stri ngs were broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed to touch i t. It is bei ng r epair ed by a fr iend of my father 39。clock so we shal l have plenty of t ime. We shal l s ee hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye to hi m. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We are ver y proud of him. He wi l take part in an important r ace acr oss the