【正文】 The Ni cest Garden Com peti ti on39。Dear m e,39。 But I39。It 39。 I said angri l y. 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。t got my bag. 39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chair beside t he door and now it wasn39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 ti me. Fift en minutes pased and then, at fi ve t o twelve, the clock stopped. The big mi nut e hand did not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。Leson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o Italy. I vi sit ed museums and sat in publ ic gar dens. A fr iendl y wai ter t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。m having br eakfast ,39。I 39。What a day! 39。I can39。 I sai d sadly. Lesson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing is my favouri te sport . I oft en f ish for hours wit hout cat ching anything. But this does not wor ry me. Some fi shermen ar e unlucky. Inst ead of cat ching fi sh, they cat ch old boot s and rubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even old boot s. Aft er having s pent whole mornings on the ri ver, I al ways go home wit h an empt y bag. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。m sor y, we39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any mom ent, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。My dear, i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up!39。Mr. Harmswor th,39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you, 39。s gar den i s m or e i nt er esti ng. He has m ade neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den pet it on t oo, and I al ways win a li t le pri ze f or the wor st gar den i n t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went to t he Town Hal . I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nut es39。clock!39。 she asked. 39。ve j ust ar ived by tr ai n, 39。This i s a pri vat e conversati on! 39。Lesson 1 A pri vat e conversati on 私人談話 Last wek I went to t he t heat re. I had a very good seat. The pl ay was ver y interesti ng. I di d not enj oy it . A young man and a young woman wer e si ti ng behi nd m e. They wer e talking loudl y. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act or s. I turned r ound. I l ooked at t he man and t he wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at enti on. I n t he end, I could not bear it. I t ur ned round agai n. 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 sometim es st ay i n bed unt il l unch t Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. It was dar k outsi de. 39。 she said. 39。 I39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed m useum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al ian. 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive to t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。 leson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。t got m y bag.39。 I sai d. 39。ve sold out ,39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。You must give up fishing! 39。t hear awor d!39。 I thought. 39。m ing to se you. 39。 I r epeat ed.39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My hol idays pased quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Ti m. He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Ti m i s an engineer . He i s working f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di ferent places in Australi a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in the centr e of Austr alia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t her e, he wil l f ly t o Pert h. My brother has never been abroad before, so he i s finding this tr ip very excit ing. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Silbury and now he has just bought another garage i n Pi nhurst. Pi nhurst i s only f ive mil es fr om Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ied the fi rst mesage fr om Pinhur st to Sil bury. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hr e mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many r equests for spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one garage t o the ot her. I n this way, he has begun his own pr ivat e telephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。Don39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he i nkeeper came in. 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few minutes he r etur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。What a pit y! 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。 It 39。 It39。s r ai ni ng again.39。m st il l havi ng br eakf ast,39。 she sai d. 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y tim e. Bil Fri th39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glas of beer. In r et ur n for t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his