【正文】 singi ng at the Worker s39。so now you can pay for m y di nner!39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you, 39。s off ice years ago, but he is now working at abank. He get s a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end me amp。 I looked at my wat ch. It was t rue. The big clock refused to wele t he New Year . At hat moment ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical inst rument. I t i s caled a clavi chor d(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the livingr oom. It has belong to our f ami ly f or a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandf at her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visitor. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he stri ngs were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of m y father39。I t39。s garden is more interest ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool. I li ke gardens too, but I do not like har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er for the garden pet it on t oo, and I al ways win a l it le prize for the wor st gar den in t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went to the Town Hal . I t was the last day of the year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gathered under the Town Hal clock. It would str ike twelve in twenty minutes39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。The Nicest Garden Competi ion39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I did not understand a word. Every day I t hought about postcar ds. My hol idays pased quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whole day i n my room, but I did not wri te a singl e card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om my brother , Ti m. He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t here f or six mont hs. Ti m i s an engineer . He i s working f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di ferent places in Australi a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal town in the centr e of Austr alia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From t here, he wil l fly t o Pert h. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is f inding this tr ip ver y excit ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之 虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a garage i n Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhurst i s only f ive m il es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yest erday, a pi geon cari ed t he f ir st mesage fr om Pi nhurst o Sil bury. The bi r d covered t he di st ance in t hr e mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has ent a gr eat m any r equest s for spar e part s and other urgent m essages f rom one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西clock! 39。Do you always get up so l at e ? I t39。 Susanm e, 39。 the gi rl said. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hurr ied to t he t icket of fice. 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。The play may begi n at any moment ,39。 My dog had taken it into t he gar den. He of ten does t hi s. 39。m very sorr y, 39。 The i nkeeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few mi nutes he r et ur ned with m y bag and gave it back to me. 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t t here ! As I was looki ng f or it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。My dear, i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up!39。 Sir , we wele you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Parking ar ea. You wil l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet si gns. This not e is onl y a rem inder. 39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t ol d m e I would r ecei ve an extr a amp。Don39。Mr. Harm swort h, 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。clock so we shal have pl enty of tim e. We shal see hi s boat and then we shal say good bye to him. He wil be away f or t wo mont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him. He wil l take par t i n an i mpor tant r ace acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present , t hey are visit ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar iving her e tom or row. They wil be i ng by tr ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e in t he t own wil l be meet ing them at t he st at ion. Tom or r ow evening they wi l be si nging at t he Wor kers39。so now you can pay for m y di nner!39。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you, 39。s off ice years ago, but he is now working at abank. He get s a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e tabl e. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end me amp。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big clock r ef used to wele t he New Year . At t hat m oment ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal inst rum ent. I t i s cal ed a clavi chord(翼琴 ). It was m ade in Germany i n 1681. Our cl avichor d i s kept i n the li vi ngr oom. It has bel ong t o our fam il y f or a l ong tim e. The i nstr um ent was bought by my gr andfather many year s ago. Recent l y i t was damaged by a vi sit or. She tr ied to play jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he stri ngs were broken. My father was hocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. It is bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of m y father39。I t39。s gar den is more i nt er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br