【正文】 not pay any at tenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it. I t urned r ound again. 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or f i ve days. Dur ing this t im e, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he same on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I drove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I said good mor ning t o him in Fr ench and he r eplied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t fr om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j ourney. I had near l y reached t he town, when the young man suddenly sai d, very sl owly, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l fr om Port smouth t omorr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f amous lit tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Har y sai d, 39。 2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。s two minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m ore f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every ti me. Bi l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and drank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him . Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he st reet once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl a s of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ting at t he ai rpor t al l morni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car ri ed it i nto t he Cust oms House. Whi le two detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel. To t hei r sur pr ise, the pr ecious parcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody ent er s for 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoi l my holi days. Last summer, I went to It al y. I vi si ted m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I repeated.39。 I 39。What are you doi ng ?39。m st il l ha ving br eakf ast ,39。 39。I 39。ve j ust ar ri ved by t rai n,39。 Just then, the t el ephone r ang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。I t 39。What a day! 39。This i s a pr ivate conver sat ion!39。s none of your business, 39。 I sai d angr i ly. 39。I can39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal l say good bye t o him. He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him. He wil l take part i n an im por tant race 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 singers. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wil l be meet i ng them at t he st at i on. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。s o now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f rom you,39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows money fr om hi s fr i 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 as ked 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 We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. It 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 i s kept i n t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a l ong tim e. The inst r um ent was bought by m y grandfat her many year s a go. Recent l y it was dam aged by a vi si tor. She t ri ed t o pl ay jazz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str i ngs wer e broken. 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。I t39。s garden i s m ore i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den peti ti on t oo, and I al ways wi n a li t le pr iz e f or t he wor st gar den i n t he t own! Lesson 9 A