【正文】 annot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pinhur st to Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the di st ance i n thr e minutes. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gre at many requests f or spar e par ts and ot her urgent mesages f r om one garage to the other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone 6 Percy But t ons 珀西178。cl ock! 39。Do you al ways get up so l ate ? I t 39。Dear me,39。m havi ng breakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I39。Im i ng t o se you.39。ve j ust ar i ved by t r ai n, 39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy. 39。I t39。What a day!39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on! 39。s none of your busi nes,39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I can39。t r eali ze one im por tant t hi ng. I39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 m y fr i ends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is m y f avouri te sport. I of ten f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anythi ng. But t his does not worr y me. Som e fi sher men ar e unl ucky. I nst ead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l es s l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af t er havi ng spent whol e m or ni ngs on t he ri ver, I al ways go home wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。s perf orm ance. 39。t he gi rl sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hurr ied t o t he t i cket of f ice. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。Im sor r y, we39。May I have t wo t i ckets pl ease ?39。 Susan answered. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sol d out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。I 39。t got m y bag.39。but I can39。Yes, t hank you, 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 l eson18 H e oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Aft er I had had l unch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left i t on a chai r besi de t he door and now i t wasn39。 I f you r ecei ve a r equest li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She m ust be at l east t hir ty fi ve years ol d. I n spit e of this, she of t en appear s on t he st age as a young gi r l. Jennif er wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she m ust appear i n a br i ght r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had t o wear shor t socks and a br i ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t r af fi c pol i ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af f ic poli ce ar e som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on m y car: 39。t i nt er r upt ,39。 I sai d i n a weak voice. 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr etar y tol d m e t hat Mr. Harm swor t h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went int o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l arge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , the poli ce wil l have a di f i cult t im e. They wi l be tr yi ng t o keep order. It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a sm al l vi l age i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he sam e l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l fr om Port sm outh t om orr ow. We shal m et him at t he har bour earl y i n t he m orni ng. He wi l be i n his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f amous li t le boat. I t has sai l ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captai n Ali son wil set out at eight o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney im medi at el y. 39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele came i n. Har r y wor ked i n a l awyer39。s t wo m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 t im e. Fif t en mi nutes pased and then, at fi ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not m ove. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y tim e. 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 erday a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer . In r etur n f or t hi 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 dr ank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect i ves wer e wait