【正文】 Do you speak Engli sh?39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e t abl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。I t39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l i nes, but I did not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I ma de 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 di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust recei ved a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t here 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 ready visit ed a great 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 Ali ce Spri ngs, a sm al t own i n t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon vi sit Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil f l y to Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f i ndi ng this t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pi geon car ri ed t he f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d cover ed t he dist ance i n t hr e mi nutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has s ent a gr eat m any r equests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent m esages f r om one gar age t o t he ot her. 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Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。m havi ng br eakf ast, 39。 I said.39。m i ng t o see you.39。 I39。ve sold out, 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 I said. 39。 he sai d 39。t pay t he bi l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 he Said. Then he smi l ed and t old m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。Mr . Harm swor t h,39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal see hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wil l t ake part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit 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 wi l l be m eet i ng t hem at t he st ati on. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。I have neve r bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 I l ooked at m y watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year. At hat m om ent everybody began t o l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst rument. 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 grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y it was dam aged by a vi sit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not al l owed t o t ouch i t. I t i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s gar den is m or e i nt erest i ng. He has made 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 ion 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 cold 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 the year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal l clock. I t would st ri ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nut es39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti ti on39。cl ock! 39。Dear m e,39。 she asked. 39。But I39。 she sai d. 39。What a pit y! 39。I 39。 Susan answered. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm edi at el y went out . I n a few m i nut es he r et ur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em i nder.39。Don39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e t abl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。I t39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l i nes, but I did not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I ma de 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 di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust recei ved a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or s