【正文】 was looking f or it , t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear , i t must be t er ible to be gr own up!39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wi l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note is only a re mi nder .39。 he Said. 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 pl ent y of t im e. We shal l see hi s boa t and then 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 across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present, t hey ar e visit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng her e t om orr ow. They wil be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e i n t he town wil l be m eet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng t hey wil l be si ngi ng 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 f ice year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o lend m e amp。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適 于 演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical inst r um ent . It is cal ed a clavichord( 翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t ime. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it wa s damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we are not al owed to touch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。I t39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was gar den i s l arger than Joe39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddle of a f i el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food sm elt good. Aft er a wonderf ul m eal , t hey t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al l ri ght ,39。 She l ooked at i t cri ti cal y f or a m oment.39。I t 39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et t y pat ter ns. We li ke t hem i n t he same way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. I t hink t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el l s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y room yester day. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l i ke t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som ethi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl earl y. 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。Wel, 39。s r oom39。 5o. 39。s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。and it39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom ,39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。t r eali ze one i m port ant t hing. I39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 m y f ri ends say.39。 I said sadly. Leson20 O ne m an i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishi ng i s m y f avouri t e sport . I oft en fi sh f or hour s wi thout cat