【正文】 m e. Bi l Fr it h39。 she sai d. 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。s none of your busines, 39。t hear a wor d!39。 I t hought. 39。m i ng to see you.39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I ma de a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。Don39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi 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。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。5o. 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I39。 I sai d. 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。s gar den i s l arger 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 m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om m e. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end 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 enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our s tr et signs. Thi s not e is 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 his.39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。s per for mance. 39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole mornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。cl ock! 39。 she asked. 39。 she said. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 anyt hi ng . They ar e j ust pr et t y pat t er ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur t ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en of t en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ur es bet t er t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。s r oom39。and it 39。s a waste of t ime.39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 Susan excl ai m ed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。m very sor ry,39。 he asked. 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of tim e. We shal l se hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t