【正文】 n m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inut e hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useums and sat i n publ i c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。 I39。 she sai d. 39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unti l unch tim e. Last Sunday I got up ver y lat e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dar k outside. 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt er est i ng. I did not enj oy it . A young man and a young woman wer e si t i ng behind m e. They wer e tal ki ng loudly. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act ors. I tur ned r ound. I l ooked at the m an and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent i on. I n the end, I coul d not bear i t. I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n,39。 she asked. 39。cl ock!39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st r ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you,39。Mr. Harm swort h, 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up!39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。m sorr y, we39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f isherm en ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or ni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。What are you doi ng ?39。s one o39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave me the money i mmediat el y. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y ner vous when. I went into hi s off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af ford to pay such large salar ies. Twent y peopl e had alr eady left . I knew that m y tur n had e. 39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear i n a br i ght r ed dress and l ong black stocki ngs. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bri ght, orange coloured dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she al ways answers, 39。but I can39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。I 39。Cer tai nl y,39。I m ight as wel l have t hem ,39。m not re al y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred people must have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l l be knoc ked down by a passing pl ane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am determ ined to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Lesson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t ravel ing a cross the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her name and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et 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 year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people.