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Topsai l. Tapsail i s a f am ous l it l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant i c m any tim es. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney im mediat el y. 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚 往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele cam e i n. Har r y wor ked i n a l awyer39。s t wo m i nut es past t wel ve! The cl ock has st opped!39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t he n, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inut e hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns ever y t im e. Bi l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved to a house i n Bri dge St r et. Yester day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a glass of beer. I n r et ur n f or thi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d me about hi m. Everybody knows him . Hi s nam e is Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves were wai ti ng at t he ai r por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e parcel of di am ond fr om Sout h Afr ic a. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had tol d the poli ce t hat hieves woul d t r y t o st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he detecti ves wer e wait i ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot her s were wai ti ng on t he ai rf iel d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi l e t wo det ecti ves were keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot her s opened the par cel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he m ost beauti f ul gar den i n our town. Near l y ever ybody enter s for 39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useums and sat i n publ i c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。s one o39。 she sai d. 39。 I r epeat ed. 39。 I39。What are you doi ng ?39。m sti l having br eakf ast, 39。m i ng t o see you. 39。 she sai d. 39。 I39。s r aini ng agai n.39。 I t hought . 39。. Leson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐? It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unti l unch tim e. Last Sunday I got up ver y lat e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. I t was dar k outside. 39。 t he young m an said r udel y. 39。 It 39。t hear a wor d! 39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt er est i ng. I did not enj oy it . A young man and a young woman wer e si t i ng behind m e. They wer e tal ki ng loudly. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear t he act ors. I tur ned r ound. I l ooked at the m an and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent i on. I n the end, I coul d not bear i t. I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。I can39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。s none of your busi nes,39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conver sati on!39。What a day!39。I t 39。 Just t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n,39。I 39。 But I39。 I sai d.39。 she asked. 39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。Dear m e, 39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。cl ock!39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l ines, but I did not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. M y hol i days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n m y r oom, but I di d not wr it e a si ngl e car d ! Lesson 4 An excit i ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y br ot her , Ti m. He i s i n Aust r al ia. He has been t her e f or si x mont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Aust r al ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr ings, a sm al l t own i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon vi sit Dar win. Fr om t here, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st. Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s for spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it on39。s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。s gar den i s m or e i nter esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool. I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze f or t he wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal cl ock. It woul d st