【正文】 s gar den i s l arger than Joe。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。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 ma de 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(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr ee minut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage to the other. I n t hi s way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Dear m e, 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowly dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an air port and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The 1 15 千噸 /年聚氯乙烯技術(shù)改造 項(xiàng)目建議書(shū) （ zhtx2020001） 甘肅中天化工有限責(zé)任公司項(xiàng)目辦公室編制 2020 年 1 月 25 日 Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。 But they don39。 I t39。You must give up fi shi ng! 39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。Cert ainly, 39。Coul d I have those t wo t ickets please ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Can I r eturn these two t ickets?39。What a pi ty! 39。ve sol d out, 39。I 39。May I have t wo t icket s please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he said 39。I 39。t got my bag.39。but I can39。Yes, thank you,39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 l eson18 H e of ten does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l eft it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l i ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni f er i s an act ress. She must be at l east thir t y fi ve year s ol d. I n spit e of t hi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. This t im e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent en. In t he play, she m ust appear i n a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dr ess. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 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 the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af f ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound this note on my car: 39。t i nte r upt, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se m e. I f elt very nervous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was ver y bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ar i es. Twenty peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat my tur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l give f ive per form ances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep order. I t i s always t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young man waved to m e. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As son as he had got into the car, I sai d good morni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Nei ther of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he town, when the young man sudde nly said, very slowl y, 39。