【正文】 t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime.39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just t hen, a man hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off 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 i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。m ver y sor r y,39。 The inn keeper smi led and imm edi atel y went out. I n a f ew mi nutes he r et ur ned 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 ooking 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 ent ion t o our st r et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a 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 ation. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s off i ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, 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 me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end me amp。 I looked at m y watch. It was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rument. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger m any 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 for a l ong ti me. The inst r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。I t39。s garden i s more inter est ing. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter for t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or the wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。s gar den is l arger than J oe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a few lines, but I did not under stand a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. M y holidays pased qui ckly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om my brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an e ngineer. 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 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 Per t h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip 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 lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st is only f ive m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twelve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the dist ance in thr e m inutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many requests f or spar e par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has be gun hi s own pri vate t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Dear me,39。m having br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I said. 39。But I39。Im i ng to see you.39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 Just then, t he tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。I t39。What a day! 39。This i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。s none of your busines,39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I can39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each other, but I don39。You39。I am a f