【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 nd r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole mornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 It 39。s a waste of t ime.39。 But they don39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I am onl y int erest ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pas ing pl anes can be hear d night 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 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。 I39。m havi ng br eakf ast, 39。 I repeat ed.39。Dear m e,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 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I t al y. I vi si ted m useum s and sat i n publi c gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t ali an. 39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l i nes, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y holi days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On the l ast day I m ade a big 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 room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al i a. He has been t here f or si x m ont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhurst is onl y fi ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car i ed t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages f r om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In r etur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Percy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Leson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am ond f r om South Af r ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When the plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wait ng inside t he main bui lding 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 the door, t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和 最 差的 Joe Sanders has t he most 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 tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows 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 t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or t he wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gathered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 ti me. Fi f teen minut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but not