【正文】 t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。s busiest por t i n t er ms of t onnage handled. Today t he fi nanci al and technol ogical hub of South East Asi a, Si ngapore was once a sleepy Mal ay fi shi ng vil age, whi ch came into its own as a Bri ti sh tr adi ng col ony in the 180039。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rty seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om m y brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer . He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a te lephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Silbur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Dear me,39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s r ai ning a gai n.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。s lar gest export er of or nam ent al f ish. It has thri vi ng i ndustr i es of electr oni cs, chem icals, fi nancial ser vices, oil dr ill i ng equi pm ent, r ubber pr ocessi ng, f ood pr ocessing, shi p repair and other indust ri es, wi th t he economy heavi l y dependant on it s electr oni cs and m anuf act uri ng export s. Wit h t ypi cal Si ngapor e cont r ol and determ inati on, t he種腫重仲眾舟周州洲謅粥軸肘帚咒皺宙晝驟珠株蛛朱豬諸誅逐竹燭煮拄矚囑主著柱助蛀貯鑄筑 住注祝駐抓爪拽專磚轉(zhuǎn)撰賺篆樁莊裝妝撞壯狀椎錐追贅墜綴諄準捉拙卓桌琢茁酌啄著灼濁茲咨資姿滋淄孜紫仔籽滓子自漬字鬃棕蹤宗綜總縱鄒走奏揍租足卒族祖 Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。s busiest por t i n t er ms of t onnage handled. Today t he fi nanci al and technol ogical hub of South East Asi a, Si ngapore was once a sleepy Mal ay fi shi ng vil age, whi ch came into its own as a Bri ti sh tr adi ng col ony in the 180039。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a word. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My hol idays passed qui ckl y, but I did not send any cards t o my fr iends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt y seven cards. I spent t he whole day i n my r oom, but I di d not wr i te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om m y brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer . He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Austr ali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly to Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone f or his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pigeons. Yesterday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f rom Pinhurst to Silbur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。Dear me,39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A you