【正文】 . We ar e very pr oud of him . He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al part s of the count r y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tom or r ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n t he town wi l be m et ing t hem at he stati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor kers39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive 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 ticket off ice. 39。the gi rl said, 39。s a waste of ti me.39。and it 39。s r oom 39。所謂“四零一負(fù)”是指水泥生產(chǎn)過(guò)程對(duì)生態(tài)環(huán)境的零污染，對(duì)外界電能的零消耗，對(duì)廢水的零排放，對(duì)天然化石燃料的零消耗， 以及對(duì)全社會(huì)部分廢物的循環(huán)利用。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。s l osi ng money these days,39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y favouri te sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anything. But this does not worr y me. Some f isher men are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, 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 ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。m sor r y, we39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。Mr . Harm swor th, 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 made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was the last day of t he year and a lar ge crowd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t went y mi nutes39。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。Ever yone39。m not real y i nt erest ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et im es I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I m ust be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel ling acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on it int o a bott le. She threw the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a let ter fr om a gi r l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o some people. I t must be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed t he hot el m anager 39。I might as wel have them,39。Cer t ai nly,39。I 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。but I can39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east hir t y fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he 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 wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 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 m e that the f ir m could not af ord to pay such large salar ie s. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical instr um ent . It i s cal led a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he livi