【正文】 ng r oom . I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y i t wa s damaged by a visi tor. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys too har d and two of t he str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to touch it . It is bei ng repai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。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 o him . He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. 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 was te of ti me.39。a nd i t 39。s r oom 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。s. Leson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e i n. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l give f ive per for mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep order. I t i s always t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vi lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good morni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when the young man suddenly said, very 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 ic poli ceman 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 fi c pol ice are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday in Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on m y car :39。Yes, t hank you,39。 he sai d 39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。 But they don39。s not there now. 39。 she sai d. 39。 黨的“十六大” 提出“五個統(tǒng)籌”和樹立全面、協(xié)調(diào)、可持續(xù)的科學(xué)發(fā)展觀，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 sma l 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 無錯號之虞 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 gar 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 Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any requests f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m essages f r om one gar age t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西 I said t o the 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 a ter, 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 ye ar . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a b