【正文】 l take par t i n an i mpor tant race across t he Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi si ting al part s of the country. They wil l be ar ri vi ng here t om or r ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people in t he t own wi l be meet ing them at t he station. Tomorrow evening they wil be si nging at t he Wor kers39。so now you can pay for my di nner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money from you,39。s of fice years ago, but he i s now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always bor r ows money fr om hi s f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same tabl e. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whil e he wa s eating, I asked hi m to l end me amp。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The bi g cl ock refused to wele the New Year. At hat moment ever ybody began to l augh 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 cal ed a clavi chord(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n the livingr oom. It has bel ong to our f amily f or a long ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andf at her many years ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visit or . She tri ed t o pl ay j azz on it! She str uck the keys too hard and two of the str ings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed to t ouch it . I t i s being repai red by a f riend of my f at her39。I t39。s garden i s mor e interest ing. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. I li ke gar dens too, but I do not l ike har d wor k. Every year I enter for the garden pet it on t oo, and I al ways win a li t 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 t o the Town Hal . I t was the last day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hal clock. It would str ike twelve in twe nty minutes39。s gar den is larger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl i sh speak Engl i sh? 英國(guó)人講的是英語嗎 ade a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thir tyseven cards. I spent t he whol e day in my r oom, but I di d not wri te a si ngle car d !Leson 4 An excit ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just received a leter fr om my br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr ali a. He has been there for si x months. Ti m is an engineer. He is working for a bi g fi rm and he has alr eady vi sit ed a great number of dif ferent places in Aust ralia. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone to Al ice Spri ngs, a smal l t own i n the cent re of Austr al ia. He wil l soon visit Darwin. Fr om there, he wil l f ly to Pert h. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he i s finding this tr ip ver y excit ng. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Si lbury and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhurst. Pi nhurst i s only f ive miles fr om Silbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought twelve pi geons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ied the fir st mesage fr om Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in thr e minutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has ent agr eat many r equest s for spar e part s and other urgent messages f rom one garage t o the ot her. In t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone 6 Percy But tons 珀西 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 she said. 39。I f ound this outsi de t hi s gentleman39。 he said. He started to pl ai n about this wi cked worl d but was i nt er rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。Everyone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I felt very upset.39。m not r eal y interest ed in f ishi ng. I am only i nt er ested in sit ing in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeropl anes are sl owl y driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The airport was built dur ing the war , but for some reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I think this house wil be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of money to go away, but I am det er mined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel ling a cr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it into a bot tle. She thr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she recei ved a leter fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egular ly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly t r avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a leter fr om my si st er yesterday. She li ves in Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she said t hat she woul d e to Engl and next year . If she es, she wil l get a surprise. We are now living in a beauti ful new house i n the count ry. Wor k on it had begun before my sister l ef t. The house was pleted fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I told her t hat she could stay with us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t here i s a lovely gar den. It is aver y moder n house, so i t l ooks str ange to some people. I t must be the onl y modern house in the distri ct . Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed t he hotel manager39。 But t hey don39。 I t39。You must gi ve up fi shing! 39。I might as wel l have t hem,39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。Cer tainly, 39。Could I have those t wo t ickets please ?39。Cer tainly,