【正文】 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char les Al ison, wil sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney im mediat el y. 39。s t wo m i nut es past t wel ve! The cl ock has st opped!39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved to a house i n Bri dge St r et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et ur n f or thi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. 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 a ne 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 keepi 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。s one o39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s per for mance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。Don39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om m e. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end me amp。I t39。s gar den i s l arger than Joe39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king 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 just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。 But they don39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Coul d I have those two ti ckets pl ease ?39。Can I retur n these two ti ckets?39。ve sol d out,39。May I have t wo ti cket s please ?39。 I sai d. 39。 he sai d 39。t got m y bag.39。Yes, t hank you, 39。 lesson18 He of t en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had l ef t it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n t he wrong pl ace, a t r af fi c poli cem an wil soon fi nd i t. You wi l be ver y lucky if he l et s you go wit hout a ti cket. However, t hi s does not al ways happen. Traf fi c pol ice ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur i ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s note on m y car :39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil l gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil l age i n t he south of Fr an