【正文】 y i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on m y car : 39。t i nt er upt ,39。 I said i n a we ak voice. 39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I f el t ver y nervous when. I went int o his of fi ce. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He told me that the f ir m coul d not af fo r d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wil l be st ayi ng f or f ive days. Dur ing t his t ime, they wi l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t time. They wi l be t rying to keep order. I t is always t he same on these occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got int o the car, I sai d good mor ni ng to him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al . Neit he r of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Capt ain Char les Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth tomor row. We shal m et him at the harbour ear ly i n the morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous l i t t l e boat. I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic m any t im es. Captain Ali son wi l l set out at eight o39。 Har y said, 39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me t he money im mediately. 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。s t wo mi nutes past twel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。 t im e. Fi ft en m inutes pased and then, at f ive t o twel ve, t he cl ock st opped. The bi g mi nute hand did not move. We wai ted and wait ed, but not hing happened. Suddenl y someone shouted, 39。s. Bil l works harder than Joe and grows m or e f l ower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every tim e. Bi l Fr it h39。Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two othe rs opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full 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 i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。I t 39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began to laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d( 翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y for a l ong ti m e. The i nst r um ent was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。s of f ice 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 y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whil e he was eating, I asked him t o lend me amp。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。so now you can pay for my di nner !39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and then we shal l say goodbye t o him. He wil l be away for two months. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e t om orr ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ain and most of the young people i n t he town wi l l be m et ing t hem at the stati on. Tomor row evening they wil l be si nging at the Workers39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr. Harm swor th, 39。Don39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t old m e I would r eceive an extr a amp。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your stay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our