【正文】 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。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。My dear , it must be ter rible t o be grown up! 39。The pl ay may begin at any mom ent,39。 the gi rl said. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。t her e i s st il some honest y in this worl d !39。m hanging this picture on the wal, 39。s. Bil works harder t han Joe and gr ows more f lower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 As I soon l earnt, he was Engli sh himsel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y told me t hat Mr. Harm swort h woul d see m e. I f el t very nervous when. I went i nt o hi s of fice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat the fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such large salari es. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。but I can39。I 39。I might as wel l have t hem,39。Everyone39。 he sai d. I wonder . In England, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。 she said, 39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。I am a f or ei gner,39。 I sai d, 39。Cer tainly, 39。 Susan answered. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal l meet him at the har bour ear ly i n the mor ni ng. He wil be in his smal boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous l it le boat. It has sai l ed across the Atl anti c many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 signs outsi de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t i s one of t he ugl i est f aces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was 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 in the st reet once a mont 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 took t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed i t 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 and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden i n our town. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。 anything. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We li ke t hem i n the same way t hat we like prety curtain materi al . I t hi nk t hat young chi ldren often appreciate modern pictures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce mor e. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways tel s 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 exclaimed. Just then, a man hurr ied to the ti cket off ice. 39。m very sor ry,39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 I looked at my watch. I t was true. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instrument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Germany in 1681. Our cl avichor d is kept in the li vi ngr oom. It has bel ong to our family f or a l ong ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf ather many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visi tor. She t ried to play jazz on i t! She struck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he stri ngs were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father 39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twelve, t he clock stopped. The bi g minut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 I said i n a weak voi ce. 39。t got my bag. 39。ve sol d out, 39。You m ust give up fi shing! 39。 he said. He start ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。about39。t i t upsi dedown ?39。I have never bor rowed any money from you,39。My dear , i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up!39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 the gi rl said. 39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。t her e i s st il some honest y in this worl d !39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in the af ternoon, the boys put up t heir tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ire. They wer e al l hungry and the food smelt good. Aft er a wonderful meal, they told stori es and sang songs by the camp f ire. But some t ime later it began t o rain. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and for tabl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. I n the middle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was full of wat er ! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hurri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavil y and they found t hat a str eam had formed in the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght und