【正文】 m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical i nst rument. I t is cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept in the l iving room. I t has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of my f at her 39。I t39。s garden i s more i nteresti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has built 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 enter for t he gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst gar den in the 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 t wel ve in twenty minutes39。s gar den is l ar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Com pet it on39。Then he lent me a book. I r ead a few li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. M y holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On the l ast day I made a big decisi on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir tyseven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y room, but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l eter f rom my br other, Ti m. He is in Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a bi g f ir m and he has alr eady visi ted a gr eat number of di f er ent pl aces in Aust ral ia. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Darwi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong num bers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her gar age i n Pinhurst . Pi nhur st i s only f ive m iles f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a tel ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pi geons. Yester day, a pigeon car r ied t he f i rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st t o Sil bury. The bir d cover ed the distance in three m inutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has s ent a gr eat m any r equests f or spare par ts and other urgent m esages f rom one gar age to t he other. In this way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e tel ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 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 spoi l my hol idays. Last summer , I went to It al y. I vi si ted m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er t aught me a few wor ds of It al ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of ber . In r eturn for t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a m eal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Ever ybody knows him. Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he st r et once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ting at t he ai rpor t al l morni ng. They were expect ing a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, someone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ting insi de the m ai n buil ding whi le other s were wai ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at he door , two others opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious parcel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and t he worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the m ost beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wins every t im e. Bi l Fr ith39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and gr ows mor e fl owers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 tim e. Fi ft een m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g m i nute hand di d not m ove. We waited and wai ted, but nothi ng happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s two m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped!39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har ry St el 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 im m edi at el y. 39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sai l fr om Port sm out h t om orr ow. We shal meet hi m at t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n hi s sm al boat , Topsail . Tapsai l i s a f am ous l it tl e boat . It has sai led across the At lanti c many ti mes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be st ayi ng f or fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, t hey wil l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual , t he poli ce wil l have a di f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng t o keep or der . It i s al ways t he same on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l eft a smal vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I