【導(dǎo)讀】Theclockhasstopped!dinner!

　　

【正文】 nock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。5o. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。s r oom39。 she sai d. 39。Wel l,39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y in this worl d !39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國 人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a for eigner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por te r and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hing and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend t hat 光華眼鏡店商業(yè)計劃書 Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows him . Hi s nam e is Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves were wai ti ng at t he ai r por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am ond fr om Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had tol d the poli ce t hat hieves woul d t r y t o st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he detecti ves wer e wait i ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot her s were wai ti ng on t he ai rf iel d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi l e t wo det ecti ves were ke epi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot her s opened the par cel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he m ost beauti f ul gar den i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st r ike t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inut e hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。I t39。s t wo m i nut es past t wel ve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The big cl ock r ef used to wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst r um ent . It i s cal ed a clavichor d( 翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o touch it . I t is bei ng repai r ed by a fr iend of my f ather39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele cam e i n. Har r y wor ked i n a l awyer39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney im mediat el y. 39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you,39。 Har r y sai d, 39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ain Char les Al ison, wi l sail f rom Por t sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y i n t he m or ni ng. He wil l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss t he At l anti c m any t im es. Capt ai n Al i son wi l set out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wil l t ake par t i n an i m port ant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood 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 visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n the t own wil l be meeti ng them at t he st at i on. Tom orr ow evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor ker s39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f i ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wi l gi ve fi ve per f orm ances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l hav