【正文】 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 worki ng f or a big fi rm and he has al ready visi ted a gr eat number of di fer ent pl aces i n Australi a. He has just bought an Austr alian 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 Dar wi n. Fr om there, he wil l f ly to Pert h. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, s o 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 equests for spar e par ts and other urgent messages f rom one garage t o the ot her. In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivat e tel ephone ser vi 6 Percy But ons 珀西39。s one o39。 she said. 39。 I r epeat ed.39。 I39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。m st il having breakfast,39。m ing to se you. 39。 she said. 39。 I39。s raining again.39。 I thought. 39。. Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes tay in bed unti l unch Sunday I got up very l at e. I looked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dark outside. 39。 the young man sai d rudely. 39。 It39。t hear awor d!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 Lesson 1 A private conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went to t he t heatre. I had a very good seat. The play was ver y interest ing. I did not enj oy i t. A young man and a young woman were sit ing behind me. They were talking loudl y. I got ver y angry. I could not hear the act or s. I turned r ound. I looked at he man and the woman angr ily. They did not pay any at enti on. In t he end, I coul d not bear it. I turned r ound again. 39。 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 t wo t ickets please ?39。 Susan answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。 he sai d 39。I 39。t got m y bag.39。but I can39。Yes, t hank you,39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 leson18 He oft en does t hi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vil lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had left it on a chair besi de t he door and now it wasn39。 If you receive a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ail t o obey i t! Lesson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She m ust be at least hi rt y fi ve year s ol d. In spi te of t his, she oft en appear s on t he stage as a young gi rl. Jenni fer wil have t o t ake par t i n a new play soon. Thi s tim e, she wil l be a gi rl of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a br ight r ed dr ess and long bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year in anot her pl ay, she had to wear short socks and a br ight , or ange colour ed dr ess. If anyone ever asked her how old she i s, she al ways answer s, 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A polit e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wrong pl ace, a tr af fi c poli cem an wi l soon fi nd i t. You wi l be very l ucky i f he l et s you go wi thout a ti cket . However, this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce are som etim es ver y pol ite. Dur ing a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t hi s not e on my car :39。t i nt er rupt,39。 I sai d in a weak voice. 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English himself ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d me t hat Mr . Harm swort h would see me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s of ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Aft er I had sat down, he sai d t hat business was ver y bad. He t ol d m e that t he fi rm could not af or d to pay such l ar ge sal ar ie s. Twent y peopl e had alr eady l ef t. I knew that my t ur n had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr enwood Boys wil be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wi l gi ve f i ve per formances. As usual, t he poli ce wil l have a dif fi cult tim e. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der. I t i s al ways the sam e on t hese occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an am using exper ience last year. Aft er I had l eft a sm al vil lage i n the sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked m e f or a lif t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I sai d good morning to him in French and he replied i n t he sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y reached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sail fr om Por tsm out h t om or row. We shal l m et him at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a f amous l it le boat. It has ai led acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wil l set out at ei ght o39。 Har y sai d, 39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave m e t he m oney imm edi at el y. 39。s. Leson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來