【正文】 a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ting. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Si lbury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m il es f rom Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twelve pi geons . Yester day, a pigeon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s wa y, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西but isn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a moment.39。I t 39。m hanging t hi s pi ctur e on the wal l, 39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures ar c not 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engl ish ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pi ctures. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand modern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engl ish li ke that! The por ter and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。 I r epeat ed my questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor cl ear ly. 39。t her e i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。Wel l, 39。s room39。 5o. 39。s los ing m oney t hese days,39。 The manager was sym pat het i c, but he coul d do not hing. 39。and i t39。 I left t he money i n m y r oom, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。t r eal ize one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shing 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 a re unlucky. I nst ead 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 al ways 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 hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur r ied to the t icket of fi ce. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。My dear, it must be ter ri ble t o be grown 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 smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。Don39。Mr. Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to him. He wil l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson 13 The Grenwood 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 tomor row. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeti ng them at the st at ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay for my dinner ! 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I looked at m y 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. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. I t i s cal led 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 t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouch i t. I t is being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。I t39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al