【正文】 p! 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ention to our str et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and told me I would receive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr . Har mswort h,39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ati on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at the Wor ker s39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har r y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never borr owed money f rom me. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend me amp。 I looked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The bi g clock ref used t o wele t he New Year . At that m oment everybody began t o laugh and si ng. 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 caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it was dam aged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed to t ouch it. I t is being r epai red by a f r iend of my f ather39。It 39。s gar den i s mor e int er est ing. He has made neat pat hs and has buil t a wooden br idge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Ever y year I ent er f or t he gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li t le pr ize f or t he worst gar den in the town! 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 t he Town Hal l cl ock. I t woul d str ike t welve in twenty minut es39。s garden is larger than Joe39。The Nicest Gar den Competi ion39。t he t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 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 equests 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 ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 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 ber . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e 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 m onth and always asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l morni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom South Af r ica. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone had t old t he pol ice t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When t he pla ne ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding whi le ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car r ied i t i nto t he Cust oms House. Whil e two det ect ives were keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous parcel was ful l of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sander s has t he most beauti ful gar den in our t own. Nearl y everybody ent er s f or 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fr it h39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows more f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fi ft een minutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The big m inute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s t wo m inutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry St eel e cam e in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im medi ately. 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , 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. I t has sai led across the At lant ic many t imes. Capt ain Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 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. I t i s always the same o