【正文】 r it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an e ngi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bury and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erda y, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbur y. The bi rd cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . I n t his way, he has be gun 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。m e, 39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi sited m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few words of It al ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bri dge Str 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 ret urn f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat e r a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m. Hi s name is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a glass of beer . Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detecti ves wer e wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expect ing a valuable parcel of di amond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hours ear lier , someone had tol d the pol i ce t hat hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the plane ar i ved, som e of t he detect ives wer e wait ing i nside t he main bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on t he air fi el d. Two men t ook the parcel of f the pl ane and car ied i t into the Customs House. Whil e two det ect ives were keeping guard at t he door , t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To t heir sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l of st ones and sand! Leson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has the most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at f ive to twel ve, the cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing ha ppened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s t wo mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped! 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har r y worked i n a l awyer 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediat el y. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captain Char les Al ison, wi l l sail f rom Port sm out h tom or r ow. We shal l meet hi m at the har bour ear l y in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al boat , Topsail .Tapsail i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . I t has sail ed acr oss t he At lantic many ti mes. Captai n Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Duri ng this t im e, t hey wil l gi ve f i ve per f ormances. As usual , the poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It i s al ways the sam e on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper i ence last year . Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vil lage in t he sout h of France, I drove on t o t he next town. On t he way, a young m an waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I said good m or ning t o him i n French and he repli ed in t he sam e language. Apar t fr om a few words, I do not know any French at al l. Nei ther of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y r eached the t own, when t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y slowl y, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engli sh hi mself ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was very bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。t i nter rupt, 39。 100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c pol i ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on m y car:39。 If you r ecei ve a request li ke t hi s, you cannot f ai l t o obey it ! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er is an actr es. She m ust be at least t hi rt yf i ve years ol d. I n spi t e of t his, she of ten appear s on the stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wil l have t o take part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s tim e,