【正文】 n a l awyer 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wins every t i m e. Bil l Fri th39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In retur n f or t his, the beggar stood 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. Later a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , someone had tol d the poli ce that thi eves would t ry to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whil e other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keeping guar d at he door , two ot hers opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious par cel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul garden i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went t o It aly. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It 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。s r oom 39。 5o. 39。s l osing money these days, 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom,39。s off ice and sat down. I had just lost amp。t r eal ize one impor tant thi ng. I 39。s a waste of t ime. 39。 my f r iends say.39。 I sai d sadl y. Lesson20 One man i n a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fi shi ng is my favouri te spor t . I of ten f ish f or hours wit hout catching anything. But this does not wor r y me. Som e fi sher men are unl ucky. Instead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey catch ol d boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never catch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whol e morni ngs on the r iver, I always go home wi th an em pt y bag. 39。s perf ormance. 39。the gi rl sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl said. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 the gi r l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。The pl ay may begin at any moment, 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s. 39。m very sorr y,39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and imm edi at ely 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 bi l . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t t here ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, t he innkeeper came in. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be grown up! 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext r a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng 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 ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the 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 money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has neve r borr owed money fr om m e. 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 wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst rument. I t is caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. I t i s being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。I t 39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year