【正文】 gs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fa t her 39。It 39。s garden i s more i nteresti ng. He has made 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. Ever y 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 l. 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 ar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Compet it on39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead 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 quickl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y f ri ends. On t he l ast day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hi rt y seven car ds. I spent t he whol e day in m y r oom, but I did not wr it e a si ngle car d ! Lesson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f r om my br ot her, Tim . He i s i n Austr ali a. He has been there f or si x m ont hs. Tim i s an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f irm and he has al r eady vi sit ed a gr eat num ber of di f er ent pl aces i n Aust r ali a. He has just bought an Aust rali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own i n the cent r e of Aust rali a. He wil l soon vi si t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wil l fl y t o Per t h. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he i s fi ndi ng thi s t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 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 garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur 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 m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi c e. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t 39。Dear me,39。m havi ng br eakf ast ,39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I 39。m i ng to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s r ai ning agai n.39。 I t hought. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ear ly on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unti l unch tim Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of t he window. It was dark out si de. 39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat r e. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt eresting. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s . I t urned r ound. I looked at he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any at ent ion. In t he end, I coul d not bear it . I turned r ound again. 39。I can39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。s none of your busines, 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。What a day! 39。I t 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。I 39。 39。m st il l ha ving br eakf ast ,39。What are you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I repeat ed. 39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards al ways spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went t o It al y. I vi si t ed m useum s 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 moved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glass of beer . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He at e t he f ood and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old me about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a mont h and always asks f or a meal 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 ing at the ai rport al m or ning. They were expect ing a valuable par cel of diamond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , someone had tol d the poli ce that thieves would t ry to st eal the di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, some of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the m ai n buil di ng whil e other s were wa i ti ng on the air f ield. Two m en took the par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it int o the Custom s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keeping guar d at he door , two ot hers opened t he par cel . To their surpr ise, t he precious par cel 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 garden i n our town. Near l 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 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 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 smout h t o