【正文】 j ust pr et t y pat t er ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur t ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en of t en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ur es bet t er t han anyone el se. They n ot i ce m or e. My si st er i s 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。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。t under st and t hem ! Do t hey speak Engl i sh ? l esson26 The best art cri t i cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ur es. Many peopl e pr et end t hat t hey under st and m oder n ar t . They al ways t el l you what a pi ct u r e i s 39。l l soon l ear n Engl i 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 looked at each ot her and sm i l ed. Then he sai d som et hi ng and I under st ood i t . 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowly nor cl ear ly. 39。t her e is sti l some honest y in t his wor ld !39。Wel ,39。s room39。 5o. 39。s losing m oney t hese days, 39。 The manager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothing. 39。and it 39。 I l ef t the money i n my r oom,39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。t reali ze one i mport ant t hi ng. I 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 my fr iends say.39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my favour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en a re unlucky. I nst ead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whol e mor nings on the r iver, I always go home wit h an empty 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 hur r ied to 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 i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it 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 nnkeeper came in. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be grown up! 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l l enjoy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r em inder. 39。 he Sa id. 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 l have plent y of tim e. We shal l see his boat and then we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil l be away for two months. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake part i n an im por tant race across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popular singers. At present, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng her e t om orr ow. They wi l l be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young people in t he town wi l l be m eet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or row eveni ng they wi l be singing at the Workers39。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 of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salar y, 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 to l end m e 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 to 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 was dam aged by a vi si t or . She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he str i ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at 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 gar dens t oo, 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 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 arger than Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。Then he l ent me a book. I read a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my f r iends. On t he last day I m ade a bi g deci sion. I got up earl y and bought thir ty seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te