【正文】 s and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和 最 差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。s t wo minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in hi s smal boat , Topsail .Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。t i nter upt, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。I 39。 Susan answer ed. 39。What a pi ty! 39。Cert ainly, 39。 I t39。 I t39。s r aini ng agai n.39。But I39。Dear m e,39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l i nes, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On the l ast day I m ade a big decisi on. I got up earl y and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day i n m y room, but I di d not wri te 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 fr om 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 in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhurst is onl y fi ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car i ed t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages f r om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西m havi ng br eakf ast, 39。m i ng t o see you.39。 I thought . 39。t hear a wor d!39。You must give up fi shi ng! 39。Coul d I have those t wo t ickets please ?39。ve sol d out, 39。 I sai d. 39。t got my bag.39。 l eson18 H e of ten does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l eft it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 ti me. Fi f teen minut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I t al y. I vi si ted 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 ali an. 39。 I39。I 39。What a day! 39。I can39。 I said sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。 t he gi r l sai d. 39。m sorr y, we39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。t pay the bil l. I haven39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。Mr. Harm swort h, 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has m ade ne at pat hs and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l i ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he ga r den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a l it tl e pri ze f or t he worst gar den in t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hall 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？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unt il l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up ver y lat e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. It was dar k out side. 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt erest i ng. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e sit i ng behi nd m e. They wer e t al ki ng l oudl y. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear the actor s. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at t he m an and the wom an angri l y. They did not pay any at t enti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it . I tur ned r ound agai n. 39。Thi s is a pr i vat e conversati on!39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n,39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。s one o39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows mor e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d m e that Mr. Har mswort h woul d se m e. I f el t ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of fi ce. He di d not l ook up f r om his desk when I ent ered. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busi nes was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not af for d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al r eady l ef t. I knew t hat m