【正文】 bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From the re, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s f inding t his t ri p ver y exci ti 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t elephone 6 Percy But t 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。 But t hey don39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 he sai d 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y polit e. Duri ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on my car: 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf ormances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusing experi ence last year . Af t er I had lef t a sm al l vil lage in t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o t he next town. On t he way, a young m an waved t o me. I stopped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I said good m orning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few words, I do not know any French at al l. Nei ther of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y r eached the t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y slowl y, 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har r y worked i n a lawyer 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every ti me. Bil l Fr it h39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busines, 39。s a wast e of t i m e. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。I hur r ied to the t icket of fi ce. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 he asked. 39。 he Sa id. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。clock so we shal l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil l be away for t wo months. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an i mport 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 popular singers. At present , t hey ar e visi ting al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at the Workers39。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical instr ument . It is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ) . I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. M y f ather was shocked. Now we are not alowed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。Dear me,39。But I 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I t 39。 39。 I repeat ed. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name i s Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To thei