【正文】 t he ugl i est f aces I have ever se en. I asked hi m what i t was Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 she said. 39。 she asked. 39。cl ock! 39。s ga rden i s more i nteresti ng. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you, 39。Mr. Har mswor t h, 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. Thi s i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay her e i f you pay at t enti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s note i s onl y a r em i nder.39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him to l end me amp。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。 I sai d. 39。 I39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I looked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi dl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to r ain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght, he always fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。It 39。. Of cour se, many pict ures arc not 39。 I r epeated m y questi on several ti mes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。5o. 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom,39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. I n a few mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper came i n. 39。Don39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。It 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead 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 quickl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day in m y r oom, but I did not wr it e a si ngle car d ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f r om my br ot her, Tim . He i s i n Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f irm and he has al r eady vi sit ed a gr eat num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Aust r ali a. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own i n the cent r e of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi c e. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。m i ng to see you.39。 I t hought. 39。t hear a wor d!39。s none of your busines, 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 3