【正文】 or 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 r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str 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 touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of my fat her 39。It 39。s garden i s more inter esti ng. He has m ade 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 the t own! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal . I t was the l ast day of the year and a l arge crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twenty minut es39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a few lines, but I did not under stand a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y fr iends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動(dòng) 人心的旅行 I have j ust received a l et ter f r om m y br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pige on car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott ha s sent a gr eat many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivat e telephone servi ce. Leson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Dea r me,39。m having br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I said. 39。But I39。Im i ng to see you.39。ve j ust ar ived by t rain, 39。 Just then, t he telephone rang. I t was my aunt Lucy. 39。I t39。What a day!39。What a pi ty!39。ve sol d out,39。I 39。May I have two ti cket s please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he said 39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm edi at el y went out . I n a f ew m i nut es he r etur ned wi t h m y bag and gave i t back t o 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 ooki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper cam e i n. 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be grown 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 st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e is onl y a remi nder .39。 he Sa i d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a amp。Don39。Mr. Harm swor t h, 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im por t ant r ace acr oss t he At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wil be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be ing by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n the t own wi l be meeti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor kers39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ary, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eat ing, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was t r ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. It i s cal l ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y gr andfat her m any years ago. Recent l y it was dam aged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j az on i t! She str uck t he 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 r epai r ed by a fr iend of my f ather39。I t39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs 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. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it on t oo, and I al ways wi n a li t l e pr i ze f or the wor st gar den i n t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve i n t went y m i