【正文】 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 grandf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings wer e broken. My fat he r was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a f ri end of my father 39。I t39。s garden is more i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden br i dge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Ever y year I ent er f or the garden pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or the wor st gar de n i n t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under the Town Hal clock. I t would st ri ke twelve i n t went y mi nutes39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. M y holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to m y f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decision. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr ite a si ngle card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Tim. He is i n Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engineer. He is wor ki ng f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad before, so he is f indi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car r ied the f ir st mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bir d covered t he distance in t hree m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her. In this way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西39。s one o39。 she said. 39。 I r epeated.39。 I39。What ar e you doing ?39。m sti l havi ng breakfast,39。m ing t o see you. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I 39。s r aining again. 39。 I thought . 39。.Lesson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I someti mes st ay in bed unt il lunch ti Sunday I got up ver y l at e. I l ooked out of the wi ndow. I t was dar k outside. 39。 the young man sai d r udel y. 39。 It 39。t hear a word! 39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke thi s, you cannot fai l to obey it ! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr ess. She must be at least t hir tyf ive years ol d. I n spit e of t his, she of ten appear s on the s tage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part in a new play soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he pl ay, she must appear nt er est i ng. I di d not enj oy it . A young m an and a young wom an wer e sit ti ng behi nd me. They wer e t al king l oudl y. I got ver y angry. I coul d not hear the actors. I tur ned round. I l ooked at the m an and t he woman angri ly. They di d not pay any at ention. I n the end, I could not bear i t. I t ur ned round agai n. 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol i t e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce ar e someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound this note on my car: 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 I sai d i n a weak voi ce. 39。 As I soon learnt, 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 woul d see me. I felt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off ice. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat t he f ir m coul d not af for d t o pay such lar ge sal ar ies. Twent y peopl e had al r eady l ef t. I knew t hat my t ur n had e. 39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f i ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wi l gi ve fi ve per f orm ances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t r yi ng to keep or der. I t is al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence l ast year. Aft er I had l eft a smal vi l age i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I drove on t o the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I said good m or ning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y r eached the t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y slowl y, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsm out h tom or r ow. We shal m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he m or ni ng. He wil be i n hi s sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail i s a fam ous li t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。2. To m