【導(dǎo)讀】Theclockhasstopped!

　　

【正文】 Compet it ion39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every ti me. Bi l l Fr it h39。s garden is l arger than Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m or e f l owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。s garden is more i nteresti ng. He has m ade neat paths and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I enter for t he gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in the town! 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 ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve in twenty minutes39。 tim e. Fi ft een minutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly some one 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 oment 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 i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t ime. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a vis it or. She t ri ed to pl ay jaz on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we are not al owed to touch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steele came i n. Har ry worked in a lawyer39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now working at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o lend m e amp。2. To my surpr is e, he gave me the money im mediately. 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。 Har y said, 39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Al ison, wi l sail f r om Por t sm out h t om orr ow. We shal l meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in hi s smal boat , Topsail .Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led a cr oss the At lanti c many ti mes. Captai n Al ison wil l set out at eight o39。clock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At l ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri ving here tomor row. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeti ng them at the st at ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf or mances. As usual , t he poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It is al ways the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會 講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I drove on to the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a li f t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me that Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat the f ir m coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。Mr. Harmswor th, 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。Don39。t i nt er upt ,39。 he Said. Then he smiled and t old me I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a tr af ic poli cem an wil l soon f ind i t. You wi l be very lucky if he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not always happen. Traf fi c pol ice are somet imes very pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday in Sweden, I found thi s not e on my car :39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l l enjoy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r em inder. 39。 I f you receive a r equest l ike t his, you cannot f ail to obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act ress. She must be at l east thir ty fi ve year s old. In spit e of thi s, she oft en appears on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have to t ake par t i n a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wil l be a gir l of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear in a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , orange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she is, she always answer s, 39。My dear, i t must be