【正文】 nd im m ediat ely went out . I n a f ew m inutes he r etur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。t pay t he bil. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As Iwas looking f or it , t he inn keeper came in. 39。M y dear , it m ust be t er r ible t o be gr own up! 39。 Sir , we wel e you t o our cit y. This is a No Par king area. You wil enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at tent ion t o our st r eet signs. This not e is only a r em inder .39。 he Said. Then he sm iled and t old m e I would r eceive an ext r a amp。Don39。M r . Harm swor t h, 39。Do you speak English?39。clock so we shal have plent y of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him . He wil t ake par t in an im por t ant r ace acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Gr eenwood Boys 綠 林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al par t s of t he countr y. They wil be ar r iv ing her e t om or ow. They wil be ing by t r ain and m ost of t he young people in t he t own wil be m eet ing t hem at t he st ation. Tomor r ow evening t hey wil be singing at t he Wor ker s39。so now you can pay f or m y dinner ! 39。I have never bor owed any m oney f r om you,39。s of f ice years ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salary, but he always bor r ows m oney f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har r y saw m e and came and sat at t he sam e table. He has never bor rowed m oney f r om me. While he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend m e amp。 I looked at m y wat ch. I t was t rue. The big clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year . At t hat m oment ever ybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old m usical inst r um ent . I t is caled a clavichor d( 翼琴 ). I t was m ade in Ger m any in 1681. Our clavichor d is kept in t he living r oom . I t has belong t o our f amily f or a long t im e. The inst rum ent was bought by m y grandfat her m any year s ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visit or. She t ried t o play jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st rings wer e br oken. M y f ather was shocked. Now we ar e not alowed t o t ouch it . I t is being r epair ed by a f r iend of m y f at her 39。I t39。s gar den is m or e int eresting. He has made neat pat hs and has built a wooden br idge over a pool. Ilike gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d wor k. Every year I ent er f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always win a lit t le pr ize f or t he wor st gar den in t he t own! Lesson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of people had gather ed under t he Town Hal clock. I t would st r ike t welve in t went y m inut es39。gar den is lar ger t han J oe39。s. Bil wor ks har der t han J oe and gr ows m ore f lower s and veget ables, but J oe39。 t im e. Fif teen minut es pased and t hen, at f ive t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The big m inut e hand id not m ove. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly someone shout ed, 39。s t wo m inut es past t welve! The clock has t opped! 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t ur n deser ves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a r est aurant when Har r y Steele came in. Har r y wor ked in a lawyer 39。2. To my sur prise, he gave m e t he m oney im m ediat ely. 39。 Har r y said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風 Our ncighbour , Capt ain Charles Alison, wil sail f r om Por t smout h t om or ow. We shal m eet him at t he harbour early in t he m or ning. He wil be in his sm al boat , Topsail. Tapsail s a f am ous lit t le boat . I t has sailed acr oss t he At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Alison wil set out at eight o39。 Club. The Gr eenwood Boys wil be st aying f or f ive days. Dur ing t his t im e, t hey wil give f ive per f or m ances. As usual, t he police wil have a dif f icult t im e. They wil be t r ying t o keep or der . I t is always t he sam e on t hese occasions. Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你 會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing experience last year . Af t er I had lef t a sm al vilage in t he sout h of Fr ance, Idr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I st opped and he asked m e f or a lif t . As soon as he had got int o t he car, Isaid good m orning t o him in Fr ench and he r eplied in t he sam e language. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he jour ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly said, ver y slowly, 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English him self ! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t old m e t hat M r . Har mswor th would see m e. I f elt very ner vous when. I went int o his of f ice. He did not look up f r om his desk when I ent ered. Af t er I had sat down, he said t hat business was ver y bad. He t old me t hat he f ir m could not afford t o pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y people had alr eady lef t . I knew t hat m y t ur n had e. 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。t int er r upt, 39。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A polit e r equest 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you park your car in t he wr ong place, a t r af ic policem an wil soon f ind it . You wil be ver y lucky if he let s you go wit hout a t icket . However , t his does not always happen. Traf fic police ar e som et im es ver y polit e. Dur ing a holiday in Sweden, I f ound this not e on m y car :39。 I f you r eceive a r equest like t his, you cannot f ail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 M y aunt J ennif er is an act ress. She m ust be at least t hir ty five years old. I n spit e of t his, she of ten appears on t he stage as a young ir l. J ennif er wil have t o t ake par t in a new play soon. This t im e, she wil be a gir l of sevent een. I n t he play, she m ust appear in a br ight r ed