【正文】 fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borr owed money fr om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o lend 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 i nst r ument . I t is cal ed a clavi chord(翼琴 ). It was made in Germany i n 1681. Our cl avichor d is kept i n the livi ngr oom. It has bel ong to our f amily f or a l ong ti me. The i nstr ument was bought by my gr andfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on it! She str uck the keys too har d and two of the str ings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . I t i s being repai red by a f riend of my f at her39。I t39。s garden is mor e 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 gar den pet it on too, and I always win a l it le prize for the wor st gar den in t he t own! Lesson 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 large cr owd of peopl e had gathered under the Town Hal clock. It woul d str ike twelve in twenty minutes39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bi rmingham t o a lonely vil lage i n the Welsh mount ai ns. Si nce then, Captain Fawcet has f lown pasenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet t has just refused a strange r equest f rom a busi nesman. The man wanted to f ly t o Rockal , a l onely island i n the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too dangerous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足 gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。Pi latus Por ter39。taxi39。 No Parking39。t it upsidedown ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about39。about39。 he said. I wonder. In Engl and, each man speaks a di ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or ei gner, 39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The port er , however, could not understand me。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I found t hi s outside this gentl eman39。 he said. He start ed t o plain about t hi s wicked wor ld but was inter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not t here now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r por t 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 acr 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 t hought of it again, but ten months later, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egularly 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 tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She l ives i n Niger ia. I n her let er , she sai d that she would e t o England next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng in a beaut if ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I t ol d her that she coul d stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y mode rn house, so it looks st range t o some peopl e. It must be the only moder n house in t he distr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hot el manager39。 But t hey don39。 It 39。You must give up fishing! 39。I might as wel have them,39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Can I r et ur n these two t ickets?39。What a pit y! 39。ve sold out ,39。I 39。May I have two t ickets please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he said 39。 The inn keeper smi led and immediately went out . I n a few minutes he r etur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。t pay the bil . I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or it , t he i nkeeper came in. 39。My dear , it must be ter rible t o be grown up! 39。 Si r, we wel e you t o our ci ty. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at tent ion to our street signs. Thi s note is only a reminder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。Don39。Mr . Harmsworth,39。Do you speak English?39。cl ock so we shal have plent y of tim e. We shal