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【正文】 me,39。 she sai d. 39。Do you al ways get up so l ate ? 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 Postcar ds al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useums and sat i n publ i c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught m e a few words of It al i an. 39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not underst and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about postcar ds. My holi days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g deci si on. I got up ear l y and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom, but I did not wr it e a single car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f r om m y br ot her, Tim . He i s in Aust rali a. He has been t her e f or six m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor ki ng f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone to Al i ce Spr ings, a sm al l t own i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi si t Dar wi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst m esage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the dist ance i n thr e m inutes. Up t o now, Mr Sc ot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m esages f r om one gar age to t he other. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vice. 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 er day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer . In r etur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. 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 a nd al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was lat e and det ecti ves were wai ti ng at t he ai r por t al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of di am ond f r om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat t hieves woul d t ry t o steal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n bui l di ng whil e ot her s wer e wait i ng on the air fi eld. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo ot hers opened t he parcel . To t hei r sur pr i se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our t own. Nearl y ever ybody ent er s f or 39。The Nicest Gar den Com pet it i on39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y tim e. Bil l Fr it h39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gar dens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it on t oo, and I al ways wi n a li t l e pr i ze f or the wor st gar den i n t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It 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 ri ke t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。 t im 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 not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。I t39。s t wo m i nut es past t wel ve! The clock has st opped!39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent e ver ybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr ument. I t i s cal l ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n the li vi ng room . It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recent l y it wa s dam aged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She s tr uck t he keys too har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. I t is bei ng r epai red by a fr iend of m y f ather39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steel e cam e i n. Har r y worked i n a l awyer39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now worki 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 it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he sam e t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to 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 have 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 l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Char les Al ison, wi l sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t h