【正文】 t r eal ize one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men are unlucky. I nstead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even ol d boot s. Af ter having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I always go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 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 begi n at any moment,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。m very sor ry,39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible to be gr own up!39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a remi nder .39。 he Said. Then he sm il ed and t old m e I would r ecei ve an ext ra amp。Don39。Mr. Har mswort h, 39。Do you speak English?39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal see hi s boat and t hen we shal sa y good bye t o him . He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wil l t ake par t i n an i mpor 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 gr oup 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 m y dinner !39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The big clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical inst r um ent . It is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t ime. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we are not al owed to touch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr i end of m y fat her39。I t39。s garden i s more inter esti ng. He has made 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 on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst garden in t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would st ri ke twelve i n t went y mi nut es39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr ite a si ngle card ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Tim . He is i n Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engineer. He is wor ki ng f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 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 just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is only fi ve mi les fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot cannot get a t elephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbur y. The bi rd cover ed the di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the other . I n t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Dear me,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。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pr et t y pat t er ns. We l i ke