【文章內容簡介】 very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。I can39。t hear a wor d!39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。 I t39。s none of your busines, 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!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。What a day! 39。 I t hought. 39。I t 39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。 I39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 she said. 39。I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 39。But I 39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 I sai d. 39。What are you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 I repeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock! 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a sma l l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s f inding t his t ri p ver y exci ti 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t elephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Br i dge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name i s Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives 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 ull 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。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den is mor e int er est ing. 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. Ever y year I ent er f or the garden pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or the wor st gar den i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would st ri ke twelve i n t went y mi nutes39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly som eone shout ed, 39。I t39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr ument . It is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not alowed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har ry St el e c