【正文】 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 pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message 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 has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o the ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound t hi s out si de t hi s gent l em an39。 he sai d. He st art ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor l d but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi r l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。m not r eal ly inter est ed in f ishing. I am only inter ested i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owl y dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur ing the war, but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed people must have been dr iven away f r om t heir homes by the noi se. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk this house wi l be knocked down by a pasi ng plane. I have been of fered a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am deter mi ned t o stay here. Ever ybody says I must be m ad and they are pr obably ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gir l of her own age in Holland. Last year , we wer e tr avel ling acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addr es on it int o a bott le. She threw the bott le i nto t he sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten months l ater, she received a let ter fr om a gi rl i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However, t hey have deci ded to use the post off ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but t hey wil l cer tainl y tr avel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her l et er , she said t hat she would e to Engl and next ye ar. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beautif ul new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e m y si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive m ont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. I t i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he onl y modern house in the distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 But they don39。 I t39。You must give up f is hing!39。I might as wel have them,39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Cert ai nly, 39。Could I have t hose t wo t icket s please ?39。Cer t ainly, 39。Can I r et urn these t wo t i cket s?39。What a pi ty! 39。ve sol d out,39。I 39。May I have t wo 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 inn keeper smi led and i mmediatel y went out . I n a f ew m inutes he r et urned wi th m y bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。t pay the bil l. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t ther e ! As I was looking f or it , the inn keeper came i n. 39。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up!39。 Si r, we wele you to our ci ty. This i s a No Parking area. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak English?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or two mont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t in an impor tant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, they are vi sit ing al part s of the count ry. They wil l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ation. Tomorr ow evening t hey wi l l be si ngi ng at the Workers39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f rom you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed money fr om me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wele the New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical instr ument . It i s cal led a clavichord(翼琴 ) . It was made in Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s a