【正文】 t reali ze one impor tant t hing. I39。s a waste of ti me.39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fi shing is my favour it e spor t. I of ten f ish f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men a re unlucky. Instead of catchi ng fi sh, they catch old boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empt y bag. 39。s per f or mance. 39。the gi rl 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 f 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 few 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 her e ! As I was l ooking f or it, t he i n keeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be gr own up! 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. Thi s i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay her e i f you pay at t enti on t o our str eet si gns. Thi s note i s onl y a r em i 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 mswor t h, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。clock so we shal l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away for t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At l ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeting them at the stat ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or my dinne r! 39。I have never bor rowed any m oney 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 m oney f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. While he was eat ing, I asked him to l end me amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s dam aged by a vi si tor . She t r ied to pl ay jazz on i t! She st r uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。It 39。s garden i s more i nteresti ng. He has made neat pat hs and has built 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 ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. M y holi days passed quickl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day in m y r oom, but I did not wr it e a si ngle car d ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f rom m y br ot her, Tim . He is i n Austr al i a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces i n Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own i n the cent r e of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My br other has never been abroad bef or e, so he is f i ndi ng thi s t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 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。