【正文】 s on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi t h an em pt y bag. 39。s per f or mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed to t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off i ce. 39。I t m ay have begun al r eady, 39。The pl ay m ay begi n at any m om ent ,39。 My dog had taken it i nt o t he gar den. He of ten does t his.39。m ver y sor r y,39。 The i n keeper smi led and im mediat el y went out . I n a f ew m inutes he r et urned wi th m y bag and gave i t back t o m e. 39。t pay the bil l. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it , t he i nn keeper cam e i n. 39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our cit y. Thi s is a No Par ki ng area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent i on t o our st r et si gns. This not e is onl y a r emi nder .39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a amp。Don39。Mr . Harm swor t h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of tim e. We shal l se hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o him. He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e in t he t own wil l be m eet i ng t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows money fr om hi s fr i ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om m e. Whi le he was ea ti ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nstr um ent . It i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n the li vi ng room. It has bel ong t o our f am il y f or a long ti me. The i nstr um ent was bought by m y gr andf at her m a ny years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str ings wer e br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her39。I t39。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 li ke hard wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he garden pet it ion 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 t own! 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 ri ke t wel ve i n t went y m i nut es39。gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。s. Bil l works harder t han Joe and gr ows m or e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 tim e. Fi ft een m i nut es passed and t hen, at f i ve t o t wel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inute hand di d not m ove. We wai t ed and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s t wo m i nut es past t welve! The cl ock has st opped!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 y St eel e cam e in. Har y wor ked in a l awyer 39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e t he m oney i mm edi at el y. 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char les Al ison, wi l sail f r om Port sm out h t om or r ow. We shal l m eet him at t he har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat, 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。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st aying f or fi ve days. Dur i ng t his t im e, t hey wil gi ve fi ve per f or mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t tim e. They wi l be t r yi ng to keep or der. I t i s al ways the sam e on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a smal vil l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I sai d good m orni ng t o him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the sam e l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng t he j ourney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secr etar y tol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f el t ver y ner vous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d t hat busi ness was very bad. He t ol d m e t hat t he fi rm could not af ord t o pay such l ar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 I said i n a weak voi ce. 39。t i nter upt,39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A poli te request 彬彬有禮的要求 If you park your car i n t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af ic poli cem an wil l soon f i nd i t.