【正文】 e big cl ock ref used t o wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o 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 i nstr ument. I t i s cal l ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept i n the l ivi ng room. It has belong t o our f am il y f or a l ong t im e. The i nstr ument was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a vi sit or. She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st r uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str i ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al l owed t o t ouch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。I t39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresti ng. He has m ade ne at pat hs and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l i ke har d wor k. Ever y year I ent er f or t he ga r den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a l it tl e pri ze f or t he worst gar den in t he t own! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was t he l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hall cl ock. It woul d st ri ke t wel ve in t wenty m inutes39。s gar den i s l ar ger t han Joe39。The Ni cest Garden Com peti ti on39。Then he l ent m e a book. I r ead a few l i nes, but I di d not under st and a wor d. Ever y day I t hought about post car ds. My holi days pased qui ckl y, but I di d not send any car ds t o m y fr i ends. On the l ast day I m ade a big decisi on. I got up earl y and bought t hi rt yseven car ds. I spent the whol e day i n m y room, but I di d not wri te a si ngl e car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter fr om m y br ot her , Tim. He is i n Austr al i a. He has been t here f or si x m ont hs. Tim is an engi neer. He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g fi rm and he has al r eady visit ed a gr eat num ber of dif f er ent pl aces in Aust rali a. He has j ust bought an Austr ali an car and has gone t o Al i ce Spr i ngs, a sm al l town i n t he centr e of Aust r al ia. He wi l soon visit Dar win. Fr om t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he i s fi nding t hi s tr i p ver y exci ti ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhurst is onl y fi ve m il es fr om Sil bur y, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone f or hi s new garage, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yest er day, a pi geon car i ed t he fi rst message fr om Pi nhur st o Si lbur y. The bir d cover ed t he di st ance i n t hr ee m i nut es. Up t o now, Mr Scot t has sent a great m any request s f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent messages f r om one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pr ivate t el ephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But t ons 珀西cl ock!39。Do you al ways get up so l at e ? I t39。Dear m e,39。m havi ng br eakf ast, 39。 she asked. 39。 I sai d. 39。But I39。m i ng t o see you.39。 she sai d. 39。 I39。s r aini ng agai n.39。 I thought . 39。. Lesson 2 Breakf ast or l unch? 早餐還是午餐？ I t was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I som et im es stay i n bed unt il l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up ver y lat e. I l ooked out of t he wi ndow. It was dar k out side. 39。 the young m an sai d r udel y. 39。 I t39。t hear a wor d!39。Lesson 1 A pri vate conversati on 私人談話(huà) Last week I went t o t he t heat re. I had a ver y good seat. The pl ay was ver y i nt erest i ng. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e sit i ng behi nd m e. They wer e t al ki ng l oudl y. I got ver y angr y. I coul d not hear the actor s. I t ur ned r ound. I l ooked at t he m an and the wom an angri l y. They did not pay any at t enti on. I n t he end, I coul d not bear it . I tur ned r ound agai n. 39。I can39。 I sai d angri ly. 39。s none of your busi ness, 39。Thi s is a pr i vat e conversati on!39。What a day! 39。I t 39。 Just t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was m y aunt Lucy.39。ve j ust ar ived by t rai n,39。I 39。 39。m st il havi ng br eakf ast, 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I39。 I repeat ed.39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er, I went to I t al y. I vi si ted m useum s and sat i n publi c gar dens. A fr i endl y wai t er t aught m e a f ew wor ds of I t ali an. 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved t o a house i n Br i dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . In r etur n f or t hi 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 t he beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour t ol d m e about him . Ever ybody knows him. His nam e 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 f or a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l at e and det ect i ves wer e wait ng at the air port al m or ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable par cel of di am ond fr om Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er , som eone had t ol d t he poli ce t hat thi eves would t r y to st eal t he di am onds. When t he pl ane ar ri ved, som e of t he det ecti ves wer e wait i ng i nsi de t he m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on t he ai rf iel d. Two m en t ook t he par cel of f t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust om s House. Whi l e t wo det ecti ves were keepi ng guar d at t he door, t wo ot her s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, t he pr eci ous par cel was f ul l 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 m ost beauti f ul garden i n our t own. Near l y ever ybody ent ers f or 39。 each year, but Joe wins ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han