【正文】 r ip ver y excit ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a garage i n Si lbury and now he has just bought another gar age i n Pi nhurst . Pi nhurst i s onl y f ive m il es fr om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ried the fi rst message f rom Pinhur st to Sil bur y. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hree mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests f or spare parts and other ur gent mesages fr om one gar age to the other . I n this way, he has begun his own private telephone service. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。Don39。t ther e ! As I was l ooking for it, the innkeeper came i n. 39。 The i n keeper 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 to me. 39。It may have begun alr eady,39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I asked. 39。 my fr iends say.39。 I left the money in my r oom,39。5o. 39。s none of your busi ness,39。 I sai d angri ly. 39。s l osing money these days, 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shing is my f avour it e spor t. I of ten fish for hours wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But this does not worr y me. Some f ishermen are unl ucky. Instead of catchi ng f ish, they catch old boots and r ubbish. I am even les lucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he r iver , I always go home wi th an empty bag. 39。 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 er rible t o be grown up! 39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。I have never borrowed any money fr om you,39。s garden i s mor e interest ing. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I like gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I enter for the garden peti ti on t oo, and I al ways win a li tl e pr ize for the wor st gar den in t he t own! Leson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal. I t was the last day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal cl ock. I t would str ike twel ve i n twent y minutes39。cl ock!39。 she asked. 39。ve just ar ived by tr ai n, 39。This is a private conver sation!39。s room39。and it39。s a waste of t ime.39。t he girl sai d, 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just then, a m an hurr ied to t he ti cket of ice. 39。 Susan answered. 39。I 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。t i nt er upt,39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sail fr om Por tsm outh t om or ow. We shal meet him at the har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Bri dge Str et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked me f or a meal and a glas of beer . In r et ur n for t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he food and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about him . Ever ybody knows him. Hi s nam e i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a mont h and al ways asks f or a m eal and a gl as of beer. Lesson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detect ives were wait ng at the ai rport al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uable par cel of diam ond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s earli er , som eone had told t he police that t hi eves would tr y to steal t he diam onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detect ives were wait ng i nsi de t he m ai n bui lding whi le other s wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed it i nt o the Custom s House. Whil e t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , two other s opened t he parcel. To t heir sur pr ise, the pr eci ous parcel was full of stones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he m ost beauti ful garden i n our t own. Nearl y ever ybody ent ers for 39。 I r epeat ed.39。 39。 I t hought. 39。t hear a word!39。s none of your business,39。 Just then, the tel ephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。 I said.39。Do you al ways get up so late ? It 39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney f r om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him to l end m e amp。Do you speak English?39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our str et si gns. Thi s note i s only a r emi nder .39。 I answer ed, 39。 My dog had taken it i nt o t he garden. He of ten does t hi s. 39。 I asked. 39。Cer tainly,39。I mi ght as wel have them,39。m not real ly i nt er ested in fi shi ng. I am only i nt er est ed i n si ti ng in a boat and doi ng not hing at al l ! Leson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e slowly dri vi ng m e m ad. I li ve near an ai rport and passi ng planes can be heard night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng t he war, but f or som e r eason it coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away f rom t heir homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left. Som et imes I t hi nk t hi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of ered a l ar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm ined t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says Im ust be m ad and t hey are pro