【正文】 I l ooke d at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The bi g cl ock r efused to wel e t he New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr um ent . It i s cal led 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 long ti me. The i nstr um ent was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str ings wer e br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。I t39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden 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 t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve i n t we nt y m i nut es39。 si gns out si de his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was 1 湖北工程機械產(chǎn)銷基地建設項目 可行性研究報告 gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a f i el d. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began t o r ain. The boys f el t ti red so t hey pet out t he fi r e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepi ngbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the m iddle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he r etur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of this, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but isn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.39。It 39。m hangi ng thi s pictur e on the wal l, 39。 she asked. 39。 anythi ng. They are j ust pr et ty pat terns. We l ike t hem i n the same way t hat we like pr et y cur tai n mater ial. I t hi nk that young chil dren of ten appreciate m oder n pictur es bet ter than anyone else. They not ice mor e. My sister is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her my pictur es ar e good or not . She came i nt o my room yester da y. 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an art student and I paint a l ot of pict ur es. Many people pr et end that they under st and moder n art . They al ways tel you what a pictur e is 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。t here is sti l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。Wel ,39。s room39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days, 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l ef t the money i n my room,39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。t r eal ize one im por tant thi ng. I 39。s a waste of t im e. 39。 my f r iends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anyt hing. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men are unl ucky. Instead of ca t chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y 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 hur r i ed t o the t icket of f ice. 39。I t m ay have begun al ready, 39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。 My dog had t aken it i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。m ver y sor r y,39。 The i n keeper smi led and im mediatel y went out. I n a f ew mi nutes he r et urned wit h m y bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it, t he i n keeper came i n. 39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal l have pl en