【正文】 f or hegar den pet it on t oo, and I al ways wn ali t le pri zef or thewor st gar den i n t he t own! Lesson9 A col dwee 冷遇 On Wednesday evni ng, w went to t he Town Ha. I t ws t he l ast dayof t he year and a large cr owd of peopl had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d t ri k t wel ve i nt went ym nut es39。Mr. Harmswor th,39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。m sor y, we39。 I sai d sadly. Lesson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing is my favouri te sport . I oft en f ish for hours wit hout cat ching anything. But this does not wor ry me. Some fi shermen ar e unlucky. Inst ead of cat ching fi sh, they cat ch old boot s and rubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even old boot s. Aft er having spent whole mornings on the ri ver, I al ways go home wit h an empt y bag. 39。What a day! 39。m having br eakfast ,39。 ti me. Fift en minutes pased and then, at fi ve t o twelve, the clock stopped. The big mi nut e hand did not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。t got my bag. 39。ve sold out ,39。You must give up f ishi ng!39。 I t hought. 39。m havi ng breakf ast ,39。s garden i s larger t han Joe39。 I said.39。 t he young man sai d r udely. 39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。Yes, t hank you, 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be stayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing this t ime, t hey wil l give fi ve per f or mances. As usual , t he police wil have a dif icult time. They wil be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It is always t he same on these occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng experi ence l ast year. Af ter I had l ef t a smal vi l age in the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft. As soon as he had got i nt o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in t he same l anguage. 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 ourney. I had nearl y 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 i m e. Bil l Fr ith39。 I said.39。s none of your busi ness,39。t he gir l said, 39。I hurr ied to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。cl ock so we shal have plent y of tim e. We shal se his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to him. He wil l be away f or t wo m onths. We are ver y pr oud of him . He wil l take par t in an i mpor tant r ace across t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he countr y. They wil l be ari vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rain and m ost of the young people i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at he stati on. Tomorr ow eveni ng t hey wil be si ngi ng a t he Wor kers39。The Ni cest Garden Com peti ti on39。 But I39。 I said angri l y. 39。s r ai ni ng again.39。 she sai d. 39。s. Leson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har y Steel e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong pl ace, a tr af fi c poli cem an wi l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket . However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are som etim es ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on my car :39。 he sai d 39。Can I r et ur n these two t ickets?39。 But t hey don39。 I39。s one o39。s of fi ce years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borr ows money f rom his fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and came and sat at t he same t able. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend me amp。 Sir , we wele you to our cit y. This is a No Parking area. You wil l enjoy your stay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet signs. This not e is onl y a reminder. 39。 My dog had taken it into t he gar den. He oft en does t hi s.39。 he asked. 39。t real ize one impor tant t hi ng. I39。ve just ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed m useum s and sat in publi c gar dens. A fr iendl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。I 39。I can39。 the gir l sai d. 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。My dear , i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up! 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。39。 she said. 39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The Lesson 1 A private conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heatre. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y interest ing. I did not enj oy i t. A young man and a young woman were sit ing behind me. They were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。Cert ai nl y, 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess.