【正文】 big cl ock ref used to wele t he New Year. At t hat mom ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usi cal instr ument. It i s cal led a cl avi chor d( 翼琴 ) . It was made i n Germ any i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom . It has bel ong to our fam ily for a l ong ti me. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged 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 wer e br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng r epai r ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。I t 39。s gar den is mor e i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not li ke har d work. Every year I ent er for the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a lit tl e pr i ze f or t he worst gar den in t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was the last day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal c l ock. It woul d st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 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 m ont hs. Ti m i s an engi 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 the re, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s t r i p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les f rom Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car ri ed t he f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d covered t he di stance i n t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pri vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 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 j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n r et ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d m e about him . Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n t he str eet once a m onth and al ways asks for a m eal and a gl as of beer. Leson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detect ives wer e wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that thieves would t ry to steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on the air fi eld. Two men t ook the parcel off t he pl ane and car ied i t int o the Customs House. Whil e two detect ives wer e keeping guard at t he door , two ot her s opened the par cel . To their surpr ise, t he pr ecious par cel was f ull 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 i n our t own. Near ly everybody enters f or 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bil l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows mor e fl ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive to twel ve, the cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nut e hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s t wo mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has stopped! 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y St ele came in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me t he money i mm edi at ely. 39。 Har ry sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Charl es Al ison, wil l sail f rom Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal l meet hi m at t he har bour earl y in the mor ning. He wi l be in hi s smal boat , Topsail .Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led acr oss the At lanti c many ti mes. Captai n Al ison wil l set out at eight o39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, t hey wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order. I t is always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he sout