【正文】 her. I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay for m y di nner!39。Don39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking for it, t he i nkeeper came i n. 39。 The i nkeeper smil ed and immedi at el y went out. In a f ew minut es he returned wi th my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I asked. 39。 I sai d angri ly. 39。It 39。 But I39。Dear me,39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big clock refused to wele t he New Year . At hat moment ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical inst rument. I t i s caled a clavi chor d(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the livingr oom. It has belong to our f ami ly f or a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandf at her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visitor. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he stri ngs were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of m y father39。clock so we shal ha ve pl enty of t i me. We shal l see hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo months. We are very proud of him. He wi l take part in an important r ace acr oss the Atlantic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present, they are visit ng al par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by train and most of the young peopl e i n the town wil be meti ng t hem at the st at ion. Tomor row eveni ng t hey wil l be singi ng at the Worker s39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would r eceive an ext ra amp。 he asked. 39。m very sor ry,39。I hurri ed t o the ti cket off ice. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just then, aman hurr ied to the ti cketoff ice. 39。t he gi rl said, 39。s none of your busi ness,39。 Just hen, t he t el ephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。m st il havi ng br eakf ast,39。 she sai d. 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bi l Frit h39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har ry Steel e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captain Char les Alison, wil l sai l f r om Port smout。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Bri dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a gl ass of beer. I n return f or t hi s, the beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er anei ghbour told me about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Per cy But t ons. He cal s at every house in t he st reet once a mont h and al ways asks for a meal and a gl ass of beer . Leson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and detect ives were wait ng at t he ai r port al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uable par cel of diam ond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s earli er, som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat hi eves would t ry t o steal t he diam onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the det ecti ves wer e wait ing insi de t he main buil di ng whil e ot hers were wai ti ng on t he ai rf ield. Two men took the parcel off t he plane and car ied it into t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot hers opened t he par cel. To thei r surpri se, t he pr ecious par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul gar den i n our town. Near ly ever ybody ent er s for 39。 I r epeat ed.39。 39。I t39。 I sai d angril y. 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 The i nkeeper smil ed and immedi at el y went out. In a f ew minut es he returned wi th my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。t t here ! As I was looki ng f or i t, the inn keeper came in. 39。Don39。so now you can pay for m y di nner!39。I t39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew lines, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I thought about post cards. My holidays passed qui ckly, but I di d not send any cards to my f riends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thir tyseven cards. I spent the whol e day in my r oom, but I did not wr it e a single car d !Leson 4 An exci ting t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust received a l et ter f rom my br ot her, Tim. He is in Aust rali a. He has been ther e for six months. Tim is an engi neer. He is wor king for a big f ir m and he has already visit ed a great number of dif erent places in Austr alia. He has just bought an Australi an car and has gone to Ali ce Springs, asmal town in t he cent re of Australi a. He wil l soon visit Dar win. Fr om ther e, he wil fl y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f indi ng t his tr ip ver y exci ti 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage i n Pi nhurst. Pinhurst is onl y five mil es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scott cannot get a te lephone f or his new garage, so he has just bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ied the fi rst mesage f rom Pinhur st to Sil bury. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hr e mi nutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great many r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one garage to the other . I n this way, he has begun his own pr ivat e telephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西m having br eakfast ,39。I 39。What a day! 39。I can39。 the gi rl said. 39。m sorry, we39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。My dear, it must be t eri bl e to be gr own up!39。Mr. Harmswor th,39。I have nev