【正文】 r e a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present , t hey are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wil be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wil l be m eet i ng t hem at t he st at ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be singi ng at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or my di nner !39。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you, 39。s off i ce years 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 money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him t o l end me amp。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock r ef used t o wele t he New Year. At hat m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musi cal i nst r um ent . It i s cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger m any i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any year s ago. Recentl y i t was dam aged by a vi si tor. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he str ings wer e br oken. M y f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch it . It i s bei ng r epair ed by a fr i end of m y fat her39。I t39。s gar den i s m or e i nt er esti ng. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br i dge over a pool . I l i ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike har d work. Ever y year I ent er f or the gar den pet it i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a l it tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den i n t he t own! Lesson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gat her ed under the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str i ke t wel ve i n t went y mi nut es39。s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Gar den Competi i on39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a f ew l i nes, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased quickly, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g deci si on. I got up ear l y and bought t hir t y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day i n my r oom , but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom m y br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr ali a. He has been ther e f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si t ed a gr eat num ber of di f fer ent places i n Austr al i a. He has j ust bought an Austr al i an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a sm al t own in t he cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om t here, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi ndi ng t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st i s only f i ve m il es f r om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car i ed t he fi r st message f rom Pinhurst to Si l bur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scott has s ent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock!39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Dear m e, 39。m having br eakf ast, 39。 she asked. 39。 I said.39。But I39。m i ng t o see you.39。 she sai d. 39。 I39。s r ai ning again.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es st ay i n bed unt il l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up ver y late. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. It was dar k out si de. 39。 t he young man sai d r udel y. 39。 It39。t hear a wor d!39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話 Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt er est i ng. I di d not enj oy it . A young man and a young wom an wer e si t ing behind m e. They wer e tal ki ng loudly. I got ver y angr y. I could not hear t he act ors. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at he m an and t he wom an angr il y. They di d not pay any at ent i on. I n the end, I could not bear i t. I t ur ned r ound agai n. 39。I can39。 I sai d angri l y. 39。s none of your busi ness,39。Thi s i s a pri vat e conversati on! 39。What a day! 39。I t 39。 Just t hen, t he t el ephone r ang. It was m y aunt Lucy.39。ve just ar ri ved by tr ai n,39。I 39。 39。m sti l havi ng br eakfast,39。What ar e you doing ?39。 I39。 I repeat ed.39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi sit ed m useums and sat i n publi c gar dens. A f ri endl y wait er taught m e a f ew wor ds of It ali an. 39。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 beer . In r etur 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 me about hi m. Everybody 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 r et once a m ont h and al ways asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l m or ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a v