【正文】 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 take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood 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 tr ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e in t he t own wil l be m eet i ng t hem at t he st at ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t wa s tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year . At that m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不 適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musi cal i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was m ade in Ger many i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong to our f am il y f or a l ong tim e. The inst r 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 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 at her39。s gar den i s m ore i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gar dens t oo, 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! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of t he year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve in t went y mi nutes39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti ti on39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hi ng. I 39。 my fr iends say.39。s perf orm ance. 39。 I asked. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。 I asked. 39。I t may have begun al r eady, 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。 I answered, 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a r eminder. 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 is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and ne ver pays i t back. Har r y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never borr owed money f rom me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend me amp。I t39。s garden is larger than Joe39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om m y brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer . He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali c e Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage 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 for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yester day, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st m esage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e tel ephone ser vice. Leson 6 Percy But tons 珀西s a waste of t im e.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh for hour s wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor r y m e. Som e fi sherm en a re unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and r ubbish. I am even l ess l ucky. I never catch anyt hi ng not even ol d boots. Aft er havi ng spent whol e m or nings on t he r i ver, I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed t o t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。m sorr y, we39。I hurr ied t o t he t i cket of f ice. 39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。m ver y sor r y,39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 he asked. 39。My dear, i t must be t er i bl e to be gr own up!39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and t ol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a 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 take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood 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