【正文】 aken it i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s per f or mance. 39。t r eal i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。 The m anager was sym patheti c, but he coul d do not hi ng. 39。Wel ,39。l l soon l ear n Engl ish!39。 she asked. 39。s al ri ght ,39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。m sor ry, we39。 the gi rl said. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anyt hing. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men are unl ucky. Instead of ca t chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。s l osi ng money these days, 39。t here is sti l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。but isn39。I t39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it ion t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t we nt y m i nut es39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she asked. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。Wel ,39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。s perf or mance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had t aken it i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。 I answer ed, 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays i t bac k. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was gar den i s l arger than Joe39。 She l ooked at it cr it cal l y f or a m om ent .39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat t er ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chil dren oft en appr eci ate m oder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she a l ways t el l s m e whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not. She came i nto m y r oom yest er day. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I coul d not under st and him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por t er and I l ooked at each other and smi l ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。s r oom39。and i t39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed to t he ti cket off i ce. 39。I hur ri ed t o t he ti cket off i ce. 39。m ver y sor r y,39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a amp。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l se hi s boat and then we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo m ont hs. 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 Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng her e t om or ow. They wil be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e i n t he town wil l be m eet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wil l be si nging at t he Wor kers39。 I l ooke d at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock r efused to wel e t he New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr um ent . It i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n the li vi ng room. It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a long ti me. The i nstr um ent was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str ings wer e br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。 As