【正文】 go. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。I t 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 like gar dens too, but I do not l ike hard wor k. Ever y year I enter f or t he gar den pet it ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it le pr ize f or the wor st garden i n the t own! Lesson 9 A col d wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal . It was t he last day of the year and a large cr owd of people had gather ed unde r the Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve i n twent y mi nut es39。s garden is l arger than Joe39。The Nicest Gar den Compet it ion39。ade a bi g 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 card ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my br ot her , Tim . He is i n Austr al ia. He has been there f or si x months. Tim is an engineer. He i s wor ki ng for a bi g f ir m and he has al ready visit ed a gre at num ber of dif fer ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a smal t own in the cent re of Austr ali a. He wil l soon visi t Dar wi n. Fr om t her e, he wi l l f ly to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding this t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is onl y fi ve mi les fr om Silbur 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 message f rom Pinhurst to Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he di stance in t hree mi nut es. Up to now, Mr Scott has s ent a gr eat many r equest s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e t elephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet. Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n ret ur n f or t hi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He ate t he f ood and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d m e about him . Ever ybody knows him . His name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at ever y house i n the str eet once a mont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Leson 7 Too lat e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l mor ni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of di am ond f r om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, som eone had t old t he pol i ce t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When t he pl ane ar i ved, some of t he det ect i ves wer e wai ti ng i nsi de t he mai n bui ldi ng whi l e ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf i el d. Two men t ook t he parcel of f t he pl ane and car ied it i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whi le two det ecti ves were keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo others 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 beaut if ul gar den in our town. Nearl y ever ybody ent er s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every ti me. Bi l l Fr it h39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and grows m or e f lower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 ti me. Fif teen mi nut es passed and t hen, at fi ve to t welve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand di d not m ove. We wait ed and wai ted, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good turn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。 2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money imm edi ately. 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 Leson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) 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 t he har bour earl y i n the m or ning. He wi l be i n his smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l is a f amous li t le boat. It has sai led across the At lanti c many t imes. Capt ai n Al ison wi l set out at ei ght o39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t im e, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age in t he south of Fr ance, I drove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I said good mor ning t o him in French and he r eplied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t fr om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y reached t he town, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, very sl owly, 39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was Engl ish hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secret ar y t old me that Mr . Har mswort h woul d see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He di d not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he sai d that business was ver y bad. He told m e t hat t he fi rm could not af or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l eft . I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。 I sai d in a we ak voi ce. 39。t inter rupt, 39