【正文】 gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan exclai med. Just t hen, a man hur ri ed to t he ti cket off ice. 39。 t he gi rl said. 39。m sorr y, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur ri ed to t he ti cket off ice. 39。I t may have begun al ready, 39。The play m ay begin at any mom ent ,39。 My dog had taken it int o the gar den. He of ten does this.39。Im ver y sor ry, 39。t got my bag.39。but I can39。Yes, thank you, 39。Di d you have a good meal ?39。 lesson18 H e oft en does t his! 他經常干這種事！ Af ter I had had lunch at a vi l age i nn, I l ooked f or my bag. I had l eft it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。 If you r eceive a r equest li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jennif er i s an act ress. She m ust be at l east thi rt yf ive year s old. I n spi te of t hi s, she oft en appears on t he stage as a young gi rl . Jennif er wi l have to take par t in a new play soon. This t im e, she wi l be a gir l of sevent een. I n the pl ay, she must appear i n a bri ght r ed dress and long black stocki ngs. Last year in another pl ay, she had t o wear short socks and a br ight, or angecolour ed dr es. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she al ways answers, 39。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in t he wr ong pl ace, a tr af ic pol iceman wi l soon f ind it. You wil l be ver y lucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not always happen. Traf fi c poli ce ar e som et im es ver y pol it e. Dur ing a hol iday i n Sweden, I found t his note on m y car :39。t i nt er upt ,39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。 As I soon lear nt, he was Engli sh him self ! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y t ol d me t hat Mr. Harm swort h would see me. I f elt ver y ner vous when. I went i nt o hi s off i ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Aft er I had sat down, he said t hat busines was ver y bad. He t old m e t hat the f ir m coul d not af or d to pay such lar ge salari es. Twent y peopl e had al ready left . I knew t hat m y t urn had e. 39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng for f ive days. Dur ing t hi s ti me, they wi l give f ive perf orm ances. As usual, the poli ce wil l have a di f icult t im e. They wi l be tr ying t o keep or der. It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a sm al vil l age i n the sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on to t he next t own. On the way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Nei t her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when the young m an suddenly sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at he har bour ear ly i n the m orning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Har ry said, 39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave m e the money i mmediatel y. 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r est aur ant when Har r y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer39。s t wo m inutes past t welve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 ti me. Fi ft een minut es passed and then, at f ive t o t wel ve, 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 wor ks har der than Joe and gr ows m or e f l ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y t ime. Bil l Fri th39。Per cy But t ons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a month and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wait ng at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuabl e parcel of di am ond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that hieves woul d t ry t o steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detectives 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 parcel. 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 ent ers f or 39。The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。s garden i s more inter esti ng. 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 on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst garden in the t own! 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 arge crowd of people had gathered unde r the Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve i n twenty mi nut es39。I t39。 I looked at my 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 rument. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ng r oom . I t has belong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recentl y i t was damaged by