【正文】 f ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear l y on Sundays. I som etim es st ay i n bed unt il l unch ti m e. Last Sunday I got up ver y l at e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。 Just t hen, the t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。m sti l havi ng br ea kf ast,39。 she sai d. 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e i n. Har ry wor ked i n a lawyer39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s time, t hey wil l give f i ve per f orm ances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t r yi ng to keep or der. I t is al ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence last year. Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vi l age in t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei t her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near l y reached t he town, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli t e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af i c pol icem an wil l soon f i nd i t. You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he l ets you go wi t hout a ti cket. However, t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol i day i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s note on m y car :39。Yes, thank you, 39。 he said 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。What a day!39。I 39。m having br eakfast, 39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On t he last day I m ade a bi g deci sion. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been ther e 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 numbe r 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 c entr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m il es f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many 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 t ons 珀西I t39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。Don39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i n keeper cam e in. 39。 The i n keeper sm iled and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。What a pi ty! 39。s r ai ni ng agai n.39。But I39。Dear me,39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many ye ar s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi sit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace across the At l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present , t hey are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wil be ar ri ving here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n the t own wil l be meeti ng them at t he st at i on. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e t abl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eat i ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。 I said.39。 I39。 國家、地方經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)發(fā)展規(guī)劃及行業(yè)部門的發(fā)展規(guī)劃。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。m ver y sorr y, 39。 he asked. 39。 he Said. Then he smi l ed and t ol d m e I woul d r ecei ve an ext ra amp。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye t o him. He wil l be away f or two months. We ar e ver y