【正文】 巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house in Bri dge St r et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal 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 hi m a meal . He at e t he f ood and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d me about him . Ever ybody knows him . Hi s nam e i s Percy But tons. He cal s at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m onth and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect i ves wer e wai ti ng at the air port al m or ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable par cel of di am ond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat t hi eves woul d t r y t o st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl a ne ar ri ved, som e of t he det ecti ves were wai ti ng inside t he m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s wer e wai ti ng on t he ai rf i el d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ied i t i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ect ives 。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol i days. Last summ er , I went t o I tal y. I vi sit ed m useum s and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught me a f ew wor ds of It al ian. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I r epeated.39。 I 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。m st il l havi ng br eakf ast, 39。 39。I 39。ve j ust ar i ved by t rai n,39。 Just t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。I t 39。What a day! 39。Thi s is a pr i vat e conversat i on!39。s none of your busi ness,39。 I sai d angril y. 39。I can39。t r eal ize one impor tant thi ng. I 39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 my f r iends 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. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never catch 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 ormance. 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 gir l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 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 sorr y,39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely 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 bi l . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t t here ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, t he innkeeper came in. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be grown 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 recei ve an ext r a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?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 antic. 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 ivi ng 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 the Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to 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 usi cal i nst rument. I t is caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it wa s dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. I t i s being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。I t 39。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 hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd 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 garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Com pet it on39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a let er