【正文】 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 across 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 m y sur pri se, he gave me t he money imm edi at ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y St ele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。s t wo minutes past t welve! The cl ock has st opped! 39。 ti me. Fi f teen minut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows mor e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wins every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In r etur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and dr ank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Percy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Leson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at he air por t al mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am ond f r om South Af r ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t old t he police t hat t hieves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When the plane ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wait ng inside t he main bui lding whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air 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 the door, t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和 最 差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I t al y. I vi si ted m useum s and sat i n publi c gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t ali an. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I repeat ed.39。 I39。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 eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。s a waste of t ime.39。 my f ri ends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole mornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home wi th an empt 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 ai m ed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 the gi rl s ai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。m very sor ry,39。 The innkeeper smi led and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。 he Sa i d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of tim e. We shal l se hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o him . He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit 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 in t he t own wil l be m eet i ng t hem at the st ati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singi ng at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om m e. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end me amp。 I looked at m y 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 i nst r um ent. I t 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 is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The inst rum ent was bought by my grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri e