【正文】 on his head and s ng songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went w y. Later a eighbour told me about him. Everyb y knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in t e street o ce a month and always asks for a me l and a glass of beer. Lesso 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was late a d d tectives w re w iting at the airport all morning. Th y were expecting a valuable parcel of diam d from South Africa. A few hours earli r, someone had told the police that thieves ould try to ste l the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were wai ing on the airfield. Two en took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives ere keepi guard at th oor, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel wa full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders as the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l turn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been turned t o stone yet! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. W e li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pict ur e s bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m or e. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always tel ls me whet her m y pi ct ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 I sai d. Then he s poke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。s room39。and i t39。s a waste of t im e. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。I hur r i ed t o the t icket of f ice. 39。m ver y sorr y, 39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would receive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。 I looked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock ref used t o wele t he New Year . At that m oment everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rument. I t is caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to t ouch it. I t is being r epai red by a f r iend of my f ather39。The Nicest Gar den Competi ion39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im medi ately. 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr etary told me that Mr . Harm swor th woul d se me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nto hi s of f ice. He did not look up f rom his desk when I ent ered. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was very bad. He t ol d me that he fi rm could not afford t o pay such l arge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecol our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she always answer s, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。Cer t ai nly,39。I m ight as wel have t hem ,39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n f ishi ng. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knocked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of r