【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 oot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he r i ver , I al ways go hom e wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。You m ust gi ve up f i s hi ng! 39。 m y f r i ends say. 39。 I t 39。s a wast e of t i m e. 39。 But t hey don39。t r eal i ze one i m por t ant t hi ng. I 39。m not r eal l y i nt er est ed i n f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n si t t i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owl y dr i vi ng m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and pass i ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man a nd 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 r epeat ed. 39。Dear me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。s one o39。cl ock!39。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 It al y. I vi si ted m useum s and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wai t er t aught me a f ew wor ds of I t al ian. 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about post car ds. M y holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y fr i ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g decisi on. I got up earl y and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day i n m y r oom, but I di d not wri t e a si ngl e card ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f rom m y br ot her, Tim . He is i n Austr al i a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f irm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces i n Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ic e Spri ngs, a smal t own i n the cent r e of Aust r al i a. He wi l soon visit Dar win. From ther e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pigeons. 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 ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s 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 his own pr ivate t elephone servi 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 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 is Percy But tons. 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(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable 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, some of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he a ir 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 par cel. To their surpri 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 i n our t own. Near ly everybody enters f or 39。The Ni cest Gar den Compet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every ti me. Bil l Fr it h39。s garden is larger than Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he garden pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it tle pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n t went y mi nut es39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。I t39。s two minut