【正文】 I t39。You39。s not t here now.39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。May I have two ti ckets please ?39。Yes, thank you,39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for five days. Duri ng t hi s t ime, they wil l gi ve f ive perf or mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep order . It is always 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 south of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a l if t. As soon as he had got into t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng t o him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the same language. Apart fr om a few words, I do not know any French at al . Neit her of us spoke dur ing the journey. I had near ly r eached the town, when t he young m an suddenl y said, very slowly, 39。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。 she asked. 39。Wel, 39。t realize one import ant thing. I39。 he asked. 39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o the gar den. He often does this.39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here if you pay at tent ion to our s treet signs. Thi s note is only a reminder .39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor king at abank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor rows money from hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Hary saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never borrowed money from me. Whil e he was eating, I asked hi m to l end me amp。s. Bil works harder t han Joe and gr ows more f lower s and veget ables, but Joe39。 As I soon lear nt , he was Engl ish hi mself ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary t ol d me that Mr . Harmswor th would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busi nes was very bad. He told me t hat the f ir m could not af ord to pay such l ar ge salaries. Twent y people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。but I can39。I 39。I might as wel l have them,39。Everyone39。 he sai d. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。 she said, 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 sat at the same tabl e. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whil e he was eating, I asked hi m to l end me amp。 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。 My dog had t aken it into the gar den. He oft en does this.39。 he asked. 39。t realize one import ant thing. I39。Wel, 39。 she asked. 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 。 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。s r oom39。s a waste of ti me.39。 Susan excl ai med. Just then, a man hurr ied to the ti cketof fice. 39。m very sor ry,39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t ol d m e I would r ec ei ve an extr a amp。 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。 It39。You39。s not there now. 39。but they ar e f or next Wednesday39。May I have two ti cket s pl ease ?39。Yes, t hank you,39。 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