【正文】 er 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying for fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, they wil l give f ive perf ormances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t ime. They wil l be tr ying t o keep or der . It i s al ways the same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence l ast year . Af t er I had l ef t a smal vil lage in the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good morni ng to hi m i n Fr ench and he r epl ied in the same language. Apart f rom a few words, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke dur i ng the jour ney. I had near ly r eached the t own, when the young man suddenly said, ver y slowl y, 39。100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a tr af f ic poli cem an wil l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very lucky if he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not always happen. Traf ic pol ice are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday in Sweden, I found thi s not e on my car :39。Yes, t hank you,39。 he sai d 39。May I have two tickets pl ease ?39。Can I r et ur n t hese t wo t icket s?39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。 But t hey don39。s not there now. 39。 she sai d. 39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l l enjoy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder. 39。 I answer ed, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s.39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。t r eal ize one i mport ant thi ng. I 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。Wel ,39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of ber . In r etur n for t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs . I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks for a meal and a gl as of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l morni ng. They wer e expecting a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom South Af r ica. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal the di amonds. When t he pl ane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ting insi de the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door , two others opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。5o. 39。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。 my fr iends say.39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t there ! As I was looki ng f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。Don39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。It 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl i sh speak Engl i sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎 ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e card ! 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 f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new ga r age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si l bur y. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi r l came i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. I t cont ai ned amp。50 and I felt very upset.39。You must give up f ishing!39。Could I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。ve sold out ,39。 I said. 39。t got m y bag. 39。 leson18 He of ten does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chai r besi de the door and now it wasn39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。 Har r y sai d, 3