【正文】 r came in. 39。Don39。so now you can pay for my di nner! 39。I t39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My hol idays pased quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Ti m. He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Ti m i s an engineer . He i s working f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di ferent places in Australi a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in the centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t here, he wil l fly t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fi nding thi s t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has agar age in Sil bury and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y five mil es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new garage, so he has just bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ried the fi rst message f rom Pinhur st to Sil bur y. The bir d cover ed t he distance in t hr e mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equests f or spare par ts and other ur gent mesages from one ga rage to the other . I n this way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone ser 6 Percy But ons 珀西 the gi rl said. 39。I t may have begun al ready,39。t got my bag. 39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chair beside t he door and now it wasn39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive to t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed m useum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al ian. 39。Do you al ways get up so late ?It 39。s garden i s larger t han Joe39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end me amp。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Par ki ng area. You wi l enj oy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our s tr et si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r emi nder.39。 I answered, 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。I 39。s one o39。s. Bil works harder t han Joe and grows more fl owers and vegetables, but Joe39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money i mmediately. 39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh hi msel f! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me that Mr . Har mswort h would se me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He did not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. After I had sat down, he said t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He told me t hat the fi rm coul d not af ford t o pay such large salari es. Twent y peopl e had already l ef t. I knew that my turn had e. 39。 If you r ecei ve a r equest like this, you cannot fail to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at l east thir tyf ive years old. I n spit e of this, she of ten appears on the st age as a young girl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new pl ay soon. This ti me, she wi l be a gir l of seventeen. In t he play, she must appear in a bri ght red dres and l ong black stockings. Last year i n anot her play, she had t o wear shor t socks and a bright, or ange col oured dres. I f anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。but I can39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。ve sold out,39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed m useum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al ian. 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at f ive to t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m inute hand di d not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。 lesson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had left it on a chair beside t he door and now it wasn39。t got my bag. 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。t i nt er rupt,39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsm out h t om or row. We shal l m et him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。s t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The clock has topped!39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glas of ber. In r et ur n for t his, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t ol d m e about him. Everybody knows him . Hi s name is Percy But ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e