【正文】 s l osing money these days, 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y favouri te sport . I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anything. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men a re unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even les l ucky. I never catch anyt hingnot even ol d boots. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。m sor ry, we39。t pay the bi l. I haven39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal l clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 she asked. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi r l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。You must gi ve up f ishing!39。ve sold out ,39。t got my bag.39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 I 39。What a day! 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I sai d. 39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 I answered, 39。 I asked. 39。s perf ormance. 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。s none of your busines, 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t im e. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I sai d good mor ni 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 . Neither of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。Yes, thank you, 39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。s not there now. 39。I found thi s out si de thi s gent leman39。 It 39。What a pit y!39。I 39。t inter rupt, 39。s two m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped!39。 I repeat ed. 39。I t 39。s r oom 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he ticket off ice. 39。m ver y sor r y, 39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would re ceive an extr a amp。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the Ne w Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n the l iving room. I t has belong t o our f amil y f or a long t ime. The instr ument was bought by my gr andfat her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f r iend of my f at her39。Dear me,39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved to a house in Bri dge Str et . Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et urn f or thi s, the beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , s omeone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the plane ar ri ved, som e of the detect ives wer e wait ing i nsi de the main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To their sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour earl y i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 Susan answered. 39。Cer tai nly, 39。 I sai d, 39。t hear a wor d!