【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 hi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動(dòng) 人心的旅行 I have j ust received a l et ter f r om m y br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pige on car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott ha s sent a gr eat many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivat e telephone servi ce. Leson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge St reet. Yester day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him 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 is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a mont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detect ives wer e wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that thieves would t ry to steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on the air fi eld. Two men t ook the parcel off t he pl ane and car ied i t int o the Customs Hous e. Whil e two detect ives wer e keepi ng guar d at the door , two others opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden i s more inter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal . I t was the l ast day of the year and a l arge crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twenty minut es39。 ti me. Fi ft een minut es passed and then, at f ive t o t wel ve, t he clock st opped. The big m inute hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。It 39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock ref used t o wele t he New Year . At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of my fat her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y St ele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never bor owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eat ing, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。I ha ve never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。 Har r y sai d, 39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ain Char les Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsm out h tom or row. We shal m eet him at the har bour ear ly i n t he m or ni ng. He wil be i n hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a fam ous li t le boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Capt ai n Ali son wi l set out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace acr oss t he At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par t s of the count ry. They wil l be ar r iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by t rai n and most of t he young peopl e i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st at ion. Tomorr ow