【正文】 s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It wa。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew 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 cards 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 r oom, 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 a nd he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce 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 Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a te lephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Silbur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Dear me,39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail f rom Por t sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n his sm al boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a fam ous li t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 2. To m y surpri se, he gave me t he money imm edi atel y. 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y St eel e cam e i n. Har r y worked i n a l awyer39。s t wo m i nut es past wel ve! The clock has st opped!39。 tim e. Fi ft een mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The bi g m i nut e hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai t ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows mor e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y tim e. Bil l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t his, the beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and drank 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 m e about him . Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Percy But ons. He cal s at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was lat e and det ecti ves wer e wait i ng at t he ai r por t al l m or ni ng. They wer e expect i ng a val uabl e par cel of di am ond f r om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, som eone had t old 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 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 nto t he Cust om s House. Whil e t wo det ect ives were keepi ng guard at t he door, t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ull of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders 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。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcar ds al ways spoil m y hol idays. Last summ er , I went t o It aly. I visit ed m useums and sat i n publi c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I r epeat ed.39。 I39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。m st il l havi ng breakf ast ,39。 39。I 39。ve j ust ar ri ved by t r ai n, 39。 Just t hen, the t el e