【正文】 ung m an suddenl y sai d, ver y slowl y, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al i son, wil l sai l f r om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in hi s smal boat , Topsail .Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at eight o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。2. To my sur pr i se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har r y worked i n a lawyer 39。s two minutes past welve! The clock 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 minut e 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. Bil l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge St reet. Yester day a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me for a meal and a glas of beer. I n ret ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detectives wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he a ir fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the par cel. To their surpri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ull of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden i n our t own. Near ly everybody enters f or 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went t o It al y. I vi si ted m useum s and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wai t er t aught me a f ew wor ds of I t al ian. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I r epeat ed. 39。 I 39。What are you doi ng ?39。m st il l having br eakf ast ,39。 39。I 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。I t 39。What a day! 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。s none of your busines, 39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。I can39。t r eal i ze one i m por t ant t hi ng. I 39。s a wast e of t i m e. 39。 m y f r i ends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout catchi ng anythi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f ishermen a r e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less 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 r i ver , I al ways go hom e wi t h an em pt y 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 cam e in. 39。My dear , it must be t er r i bl e t o be grown 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 Sa id. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Harm swor th, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。clock so we shal l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil l be away for t wo months. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an i mport ant r ace 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 visi ting al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing 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 of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me amp。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr ument . 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 bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recen