【正文】 cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boat and then we s hal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he count r y. They wil l be ar ivi 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 t 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 bor rowed any m oney f rom you,39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har r 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 l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e t he New Year . At that m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical i nst r um ent. I t is cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Germ any i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom. I t has bel ong t o our f ami l y for a l ong tim e. The i nst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y i t wa s dam aged by a vi si t or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck the keys too har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o t ouch it. I t is bei ng repai r ed by a fr iend of m y fat her39。I t39。s gar den is m or e i nt erest i ng. He has made neat pat hs and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for t he gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a lit tl e pri ze f or t he worst gar den in t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gat her ed under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str i ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nut es39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com peti i on39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not under st and a word. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I di d not send any cards t o my f ri ends. On t he last day I m ade a bi g deci si on. I got up ear l y and bought t hir t y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom , but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er f r om m y brot her, Ti m. He i s i n Aust rali a. He has been t her e f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer . He is wor ki ng f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Aust r al ian car and has gone to Ali ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l t own i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi ll soon vi si t Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car i ed t he fi r st message f rom Pinhurst to Si l bur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock!39。Do you al ways get up so lat e ? It 39。Dear m e,39。m havi ng breakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d.39。 But I39。I 39。ve j ust ar ri ved by tr ain,39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy.39。I t39。What a day!39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。s none of your busi nes,39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I can39。 If you r eceive a request li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an act r ess. She m ust be at least thi rt yf ive years old. I n spi te of t his, she of ten appears on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wi l have to take par t in a new play soon. This time, she wi l be a gi r l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and long black stockings. Last year in another pla y, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, orangecoloured dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she al ways answers, 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y polit e. Duri ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on my car: 39。t i nter upt ,39。 I said in a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon l ear nt , he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secret ar y t ol d me that Mr . Har mswort h woul d see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that business was ver y bad. He told me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af for d to pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready l ef t. I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t im e,