【正文】 den. He oft en does t his.39。m very sor ry,39。 The innkeeper smil ed and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay for m y dinner! 39。I have never bor rowed any money fr om you,39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。It 39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden br idge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。een 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 gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is only 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. Ye st erday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbur y. The bi rd cover ed the 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 begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 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 meal and a glass of beer. I n ret ur n 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 er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Everybody knows hi m . Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l morning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he pla ne ar r ived, some of the det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every time. Bi l Fr it h39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 tim e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the m oney i mmediatel y. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l fr om Por tsm outh t om orr ow. We shal m et hi m at t he har bour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail . Tapsai l is a f am ous li tl e boat . It has