【正文】 s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。and i t39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s a waste of ti me.39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t . I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anything. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men are unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。s perf or mance. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of f ice. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s.39。m very sor ry,39。 The innkeeper smil ed and imm edi 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。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to be gr own up!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 emi nder. 39。 he Sai d. Then he sm iled and t old m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。Don39。Mr. Harmswor th, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。I have neve r borr owed any money f r om you,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 never pays i t back. Har r y saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney f r om me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend me amp。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical i nst rument . I t is cal ed a clavichord(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n the l iving room. I t has belong t o our f amil y f or a long t ime. The instr ument was bought by my gr andfat her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it! She str uck the keys too hard 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 being r epai red by a f r iend of my f at her39。I t39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. 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 like har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was the last day of t he year and a lar ge crowd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。s gar den 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 wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol i days passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he l ast day I m a de a bi g deci si on. I got up earl y and bought thir t y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom , but I di d not writ e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust r ali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He i s worki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone t o Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t he r e, he wi l fl y t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s onl y f i ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, 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 t s 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 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 u