【正文】 e boat. It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Har ry said, 39。2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me the m oney i mmediat el y. 39。s. Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer 39。s t wo m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 ti me. Fi ft een minut es passed and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock st opped. The big m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wai ted, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s. Bi l works harder t han Joe and grows m or e f lowers and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet. Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . In retur n for t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour told me about hi m . Ever ybody knows him . Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7 Too l ate 為時太晚 The plane was late and detecti ves wer e wai ti ng 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 r ica. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice t hat thi eves woul d tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he pla ne ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car ri ed it i nto t he Cust oms House. Whi le two detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he parcel. To t hei r sur pr ise, the pr ecious parcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds always spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went to I tal y. I vi si ted museum s and sat in publ ic gardens. A fr iendly wai ter t aught me a f ew wor ds of I tal ian. 39。s one o39。 she said. 39。 I repeat ed. 39。 I 39。What are you doing ?39。m st il l having br eakf ast, 39。 39。 she sai d. 39。 I 39。s rai ni ng 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 earl y on Sundays. I somet imes stay i n bed until l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the wi ndow. 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 re. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest ing. 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 t he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any atenti on. I n 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 vat e conver sati on!39。What a day! 39。I t39。 Just then, t he tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n, 39。Im i ng to see you.39。But I39。 I said. 39。 she asked. 39。m having br eakf ast ,39。Dear me,39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。cl ock! 39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a few lines, but I did not under stand a wor d. Every day I t hought about post car ds. My holidays pased qui ckly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On the l ast day I ma de a big 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 car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng tri p 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a let ter fr om my brot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s worki ng for a bi g fi rm and he has al ready visit ed a great num ber of dif fer ent places in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Ali ce Spri ngs, a smal town in t he cent re of Austr alia. He wi l l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t he r e, he wi l l f l y t o Per t h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr ip ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbury and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhur st is only f ive m il es f r om Sil bury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has just bought twelve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car ied t he fi rst mesage fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbury. The bir d cover ed the dist ance in thr e m inutes. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has s ent a gr eat many requests f or spar e par ts and other urgent mesages f rom one gar age to t he other. I n thi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vate t el ephone ser 6 Percy But tons 珀西The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s garden i s more inter est ing. He has m ade neat pat hs and has buil t 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 enter for t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a li t le pr ize f or the wor st garden in the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o t he Town Hal . It was the l ast day of the year and a l arge cr owd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。I t39。 I looked at m y watch. It was tr ue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nst rumen