【正文】 arcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den in our t own. Nearl y everybody ent er s f or 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見(jiàn)，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 ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. I t has sai led across the At lant ic 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 answer ed. 39。Cer tai nl y, 39。 I sai d, 39。I am a for eigner ,39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal i s greater than ever bef ore especial y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge stor e on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, there wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easi er f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an f i r st bought a f ew sm al l ar t i cl es. Af t er a l i t t l e t i m e, she chose one of t hethere, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for is new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Ye terday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minut s. Up t now, Mr Scott has s nt a great many request for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garag to t e ot er. In this way, he has begun his own priv e telephone 6 Percy Buttons 珀西 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical i nst r um ent . It i s cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nstr ument was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o t ouch it. I t is bei ng r epai r ed by a fr iend of my f ather39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。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 hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。Pil at us Port er 39。 I 39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。m not r eal ly i nterested i n f ishi ng. I am only i nterested i n sit ing i n a boat and doi ng not hing at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes are slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rpor t and passi ng planes can be hear d ni ght 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 knocked 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 across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wi th her nam e 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 let er f rom my si st er yesterday. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next year . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I tol d her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks st range to some people. It must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。Cer t ai nly,39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 I f you r ecei ve a request l ike thi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! 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 years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear in a br ight red dr ess and long bl ack st ockings. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br ight , or angecol our ed dress. I f anyone ever ask