【正文】 t s of the count r y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tom or r ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n t he town wi l be m et ing t hem at he stati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor kers39。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 yea rs ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eat ing, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr um ent . It i s cal led a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he livi ng r oom . I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y i t wa s damaged by a visi tor. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys too har d and two of t he str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to touch it . It is bei ng repai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。I t39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti 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 like har d work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti ti on too, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he wor st 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 lar ge crowd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t went y mi nutes39。s gar den i s lar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。ade a bi g decision. I got up earl y and bought thi rt yseven cards. I spent the whole day i n my room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a sma l t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any requests f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m essages f r om one gar age t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Bri dge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e f or a m eal and a gl ass of ber. I n r et ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e t he f ood and drank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a nei ghbour t ol d m e about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. Hi s nam e is Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n t he st reet once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait i ng at t he ai rport al m orni 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 , som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat t hi eves woul d t r y t o st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he det ect i ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the 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 par cel. To their sur pri se, t he pr eci ous 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 in 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. Bi l wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and t hen, at fi ve to twelve, the clock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and waited, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s two mi nut es past twelve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St el e cam e i n. Har y wor ked i n 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。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captai n Char l es Al ison, wil 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 tl 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 ei ght o39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l give f ive per for mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep order. I t i s alw