【正文】 il. Tapsail s a f amous lit t le boat . I t has ailed acr oss t he Atlantic many t imes. Capt ain Alison wil set out at eight o39。 Har ry said, 39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave me t he money immediat ely. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good tur n deser ves another 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steele came in. Har ry worked in a lawyer39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has t opped!39。 t im e. Fif teen minut es passed and t hen, at five t o t welve, the clock stoped. The big minut e hand id not move. We wait ed and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more flower s and veget ables, but J oe39。 each year , but J oe wins ever y t ime. Bil Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have just m oved t o a house in Br idge Str eet. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door. He asked m e f or a meal and a glass of beer. I n r et ur n f or t his, t he beggar st od on his head and sang songs. Igave him a meal. He ate t he f ood and r ank t he beer. Then he put apiece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour t old me about him . Ever ybody knows him. His name is Percy But tons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a month and always asks for a m eal and a glas of beer . Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was lat e and detect ives were wait ing at the airport al m or ning. They wer e expecting a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af rica. A f ew hours earlier , someone had t old t he police t hat hieves would t r y t o st eal t he diamonds. When t he plane arived, some of the det ect ives were waitng inside the main building while ot her s wer e wait ing on t he air f ield. Two men t ook t he parcel of f the plane and car ied it int o t he Cust oms House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door, two ot hers opened t he parcel. To their sur pr ise, the precious par cel was ful of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 J oe Sander s has t he most beaut if ul gar den in our t own. Nearly everybody enter s f or 39。Lesson 3 Please send me a car d 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcar ds always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went o It aly. Ivisit ed museums and sat in public gar dens. A f riendly wait er t aught me a f ew wor ds of I t alian. 39。s one o39。 she said. 39。 I r epeat ed.39。I 39。What ar e you doing ?39。m st il having br eakfast ,39。m ing t o see you. 39。 she said. 39。 I 39。s r aining again. 39。 I t hought. 39。. Lesson 2 Br eakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometim es stay in bed until unch t Sunday Igot up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 39。 t he young man said r udely. 39。I t 39。t hear a word! 39。 lesson25 Do t he English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ Iar rived in London at last . The r ailway st at ion was big, black and dar k. Idid not know t he way t o my hotel, so I asked a port er . I not only spoke English very car ef uly, Lesson 1 A pr ivate conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he theat re. I had a very god seat. The play was ver y int erest ing. Idid not enjoy it . A young man and a young woman were sit t ing behind m e. They were talking loudly. Igot very angr y. Icould not hear t he act or s. It urned r ound. I looked at he m an and t he woman angrily. They did not pay any atention. I n the end, I could not bear it . It urned r ound again. 39。 I said t o t he manager, 39。 she said. 39。I found t his out side t his gent leman39。 he said. He start ed t o plain about his wicked world but was int er rupted by a knock at t he door . A gir l cam e in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ained amp。Everyone39。s not t here now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。m not r ealy int er est ed in f ishing. I am only int er ested in sit t ing in a boat and doing not hing at al ! Lesson21 M ad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowly dr iving m e m ad. I live near an air port and pasing planes can be hear d night and day. The air port was built during t he war, but f or some r eas on it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it cam e int o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been driven away f rom t heir hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people lef t. Sometim es It hink t his house wil be knocked down by a pasing plane. I have been of er ed a lar ge sum of m oney t o go away, but Iam det erm ined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says Im ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r ight. Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封 M y daughter, J ane, never dr eam ed of r eceiving a let ter f r om a gir l of her own age in Holand. Last year , we wer e t r aveling acr oss t he Channel and J ane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on it int o a bot tle. She t hr ew t he bot tle int o t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but t en months lat er, she r eceived a let t er f rom a girl n Holand. Both girls wr it e t o each other r egularly now. However, t hey have decided t o use t he post of fice. Lett er s wil cost alit t 1e mor e, but hey wil cer t ainly t r avel f aster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter f r om m y sist er yesterday. She lives in Niger ia. I n her lett er , she said t hat she would e t o England next year. I f she es, she wil get a surprise. We ar e now living in a beautif ul new house in t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore my si t er lef t. The house was plet ed five m ont hs ago. I n m y let t er , I t old her t hat she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge r ooms and t her e is a lovely gar den. I t is a ver y m odern house, so it looks t range t o som e people. It m ust be t he only m odern house in t he distr ict. Lesson24 I t could be wor se 不幸中 之萬幸 Ient er ed t he hot el m anager39。 But t hey don39。 I t 39。You m ust give up f ishing! 39。I might as well have t hem, 39。but hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。Cert ainly, 39。Could I have t hose t wo