【正文】 s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steele came i n. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es pa ssed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。t r eal ize one im por t ant t hi ng. I39。s a wast e of t im e.39。 my f ri ends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport. I of t en f ish f or hour s wit hout catchi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not worr y m e. Some f ishermen ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f i sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbi sh. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Aft er having spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。s per f or mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o t he t i cket off ice. 39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any m oment,39。 My dog had t aken it i nto t he gar den. He of t en does t hi s.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 urned wi th m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay t he bi 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 nn keeper cam e i n. 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em i nder.39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r ecei ve an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Harmswor th,39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal have pl enty of ti m e. We shal see his 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 are ver y pr oud of him. He wil l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al part s of t he count r y. They wi l be ar i vi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ai n and m ost of t he young people i n t he t own wi l be m eeti ng t hem at he st ati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Workers39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows money fr om hi s fr i ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and cam e and sat at t he sam e t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f r om me. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g cl ock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At t hat moment ever ybody began t o l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usical inst r um ent . It i s cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Germany i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a l ong ti me. The instr 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 t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not al owed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。I t 39。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 ha rd wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it l e pr i 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 evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast 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 i n t wenty m inut es39。m not r eal ly inter est ed in f ishing. I am only inter ested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owl y dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur ing the war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by the noi se. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fered a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am deter mi ned t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eamed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it i nt o a bott le. She thr ew the bot tl e into the sea. She never t hought of i t agai n, but ten m ont hs later, she r eceived a l et ter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul arl y now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e mor e, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I1大川鎮(zhèn) 中心 苗圃 基地項(xiàng)目 可 行 性 研 究 報(bào) 告 2020 年 5 月 gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。 But they don39。 I t39。You m ust give up f is