【正文】 r I enter f or t he gar den peti ion too, and I always wi n a l it tle pri ze f or t he worst garden i n the town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gat hered under t he Town Hal l clock. It woul d st rike twelve in t wenty mi nutes39。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e came in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for five days. During t hi s t ime, t hey wil l gi ve f ive perf or mances. As usual, the poli ce wi l have a di fi cult t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep order . I t is al ways the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Aft er I had left a smal l vil lage i n the sout h of France, I drove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As oon as he had got i nt o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he r epli ed i n the same language. Apar t f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had near ly reached t he t own, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。100 a year! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car in t he wr ong place, a t raf ic pol iceman wil soon fi nd it. You wil be very l ucky if he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket . However, this does not always happen. Tr afi c poli ce are someti mes very pol ite. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I found t his note on my car :39。Yes, t hank you,39。 he sai d 39。May I have two ti cket s pl ease ?39。Can I return these two t ickets?39。but they ar e f or next Wednesday39。 But t hey don39。s not there now. 39。 she said. 39。You39。 What are you doing ?39。 It39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The big clock r ef used to wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nstr ument. It is cal led a cl avichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was made i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he l iving room. I t has belong t o our famil y for a long t ime. The inst rument was bought by my grandf at her many years ago. Recentl y it was dam aged by a visitor. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str ings were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it. It is being repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。clock so we shal have pl enty of ti me. We shal see his boat and then we shal say goodbye to him. He wil be away for two mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i mport ant race across the Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, they ar e vi si ting al part s of the country. They wil be ar ri vi ng here tomorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people in t he t own wi l be meet ing them at the station. Tomor row evening they wi l be singing at the Workers39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t ol d m e I would r ec ei ve an extr a amp。 he asked. 39。m very sor ry,39。I hurr ied to the ti cketoff ice. 39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hurr ied to the ti cketof fice. 39。the gi rl said, 39。s a waste of ti me.39。and i t39。s r oom39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said something and I understood i t. 39。 anything. They are just pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al . I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e modern pictures bet er than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways tels me whether my pictures ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 She looked at i t cri ticaly f or a moment .39。 signs outsi de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gat e. It is one of the ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was 安徽省 石臺縣鱷魚、 鱷魚 龜 、 梅花鹿 生態(tài) 養(yǎng)殖觀光園項目 可 行 性 研 究 報 告 二○一○年八月 Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Buttons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once amont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few hour s earl ier, someone had told t he police that hi eves would tr y to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ng inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed it i nt o the Customs House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To their surpri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of stones 。s al ri ght ,39。 she asked. 39。l l soon lear n English!39。Wel, 39。 The manager was sympathet ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。t realize one import ant thing. I39。s perf or mance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had t aken it into the gar den. He oft en does this.39。 I answer ed, 39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our cit y. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet signs. Thi s note is onl y a rem inder. 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。s off ice years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He get s a good salary, but he always bor rows money fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and