【正文】 t he m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l is a famous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At l ant ic many t im es. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。t int er r upt ,39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。I 39。 Susan answered. 39。What a pit y! 39。Cer tainl y, 39。 I t39。 I said, 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。I am a for eigner ,39。about39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 No Parking39。 2. To m y sur pr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi atel y. 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engli sh hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d m e t hat Mr . Harm swor t h woul d see me. I felt ver y ner vous when. I went int o hi s of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi nes was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat the f ir m coul d not af for d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al r eady l ef t. I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wil l give f i ve perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f i cult t im e. They wi l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli 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 vi l age i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when the young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 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 estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 I answered. 39。about 39。 l esson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish very caref ully, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。You must give up fi shing! 39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。ve sold out, 39。 I said. 39。t got m y bag. 39。 l esson18 He oft en does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age inn, I looked f or my bag. I had l ef t i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。taxi 39。 It39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。You39。 she sai d. 39。s not t here 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 t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。 he sai d 39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d m e I woul d r ecei ve an ext ra amp。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye t o hi m. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wil l be meet i ng t hem at t he st at ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong t im e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y gr andf ather m any year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si t or. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順 風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmout h t omorr ow. We shal m et him at he harbour 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 am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。t i nt er r upt, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。Im ver y sorr y, 39。I hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just hen, a m an hur ri ed t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。and it39。s r oom39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not understand hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke t hat! The por ter and I l ooked at each other and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under stood it . 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat er ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. I t hink t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She cam e i nt o m y r oom yest erday. 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n B