【正文】 ver a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it on too, and I always win a li t le pr ize f or t he wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal . I t was the l ast day of the year and a l arge crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。Mr. Harm swor t h,39。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e to be grown up! 39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。The pl ay may begi n at any m om ent ,39。ve sol d out, 39。 I t hought. 39。m i ng t o see you.39。m havi ng br eakf ast, 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew li nes, but I di d not underst and a word. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr iends. On the l ast day I m ade a bi g decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al i a. He has been t here f or si x m ont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces i n Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ic e Spri ngs, a sm al t own i n t he cent r e of Austr ali a. He wil l soon vi sit Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil f l y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f i ndi ng this t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot ge t a tel ephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car ri ed t he f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d cover ed t he distance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent messages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西I t 39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。s gar den i s m or e i nt er est i ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for t he gar den peti ti on t oo, and I al ways wi n a li t le pr ize f or t he wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve in t wenty m inutes39。cl ock! 39。 she asked. 39。 she sai d. 39。. Lesson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear l y on Sundays. I som etim es st ay i n bed unt il l unch ti m e. Last Sunday I got up ver y l at e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。 I answered, 39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a r emi nder. 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me a nd cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。Do you al ways get up so lat e ? It 39。 I said.39。 Just t hen, t he telephone r ang. I t was my aunt Lucy.39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I sai d. 39。t got my bag.39。 l esson18 He oft en does this! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 t im e. Fi ft en mi nutes pased and then, at f ive t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol i days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I visit ed m useum s and sat i n publi c gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t al ian. 39。 I39。I 39。What a day!39。s r ai ni ng agai n.39。But I39。Dear me,39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d m usi cal i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many ye ar s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi sit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al 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。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo mont 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 l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present , t hey are vi si ti ng al l pa