【正文】 t! 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 year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr es and l ong bl ack st ockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bri ght, orange coloured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not afford to pay such large salar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediatel y. 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent 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 m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 he asked. 39。m very sor ry,39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he t i cket of fi ce. 39。t he gir l said, 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。and it 39。s r oom 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him . My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We 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 oft en appreciat e moder n pi ct ures beter t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent 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 m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We s hal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 he asked. 39。m very sor ry,39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he t i cket of fi ce. 39。t he gir l said, 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。and it 39。s r oom 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him . My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We 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 oft en appreciat e moder n pi ct ures beter t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was ! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he aft er noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooke