【正文】 了我?！蔽一卮?，“但我付不了帳，我的提包沒有了。 “您吃得好嗎？”他問。我在一家鄉(xiāng)村小酒店吃過午飯后，就找我的提包。 My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this.39。m very sorry,39。 The innkeeper smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me. 39。t pay the bill. I haven39。 I answered, 39。 he asked. 39。t there! As I was looking for it, the innkeeper came in. 39。去年在演另一個劇時，她不得不穿短襪和一件鮮艷的橘紅色的衣服。這一次，她將扮演一個17歲的少女。盡管如此，她卻常在舞臺上扮演小姑娘?！比绻闶盏竭@樣的懇求，你是不會不遵照執(zhí)行的！Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirtyfive years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orangecoloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。如果您對我們街上的標牌稍加注意，您在此會過得很愉快的。有一次在瑞典度假，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的車上有這樣一個字條：“先生，歡迎您光臨我們的城市。如果他沒給你罰單就放你走了，算你走運。 If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it! he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求If you _____ your car in the wrong place, a ______ policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go _______ a ticket. ________, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:39。Don39。Mr. Harmsworth,39。Do you speak English?39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions.Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？I ____ an amusing experience last year. is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many _______. Captain Alison will set out ___ eight o39。 Harry said, 39。s office years ago, but he is now working ___ a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always ________ money from his friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He ______ never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him ________ me twenty pounds. To my __________, he gave me the money ____________(immediate). 39。 I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused __________(wele) the New Year. At _____ moment everybody began to laugh and sing.Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord(翼琴). It __________ (make) in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the livingroom. It has ___________ (belong) our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged ______ a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father39。It39。s. Bill works _____ (hard) than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, ____ Joe39。 each year, but Joe ____ every time. Bill Frith39。 the parcel. ____ their surprise, 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 _________ beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。Then he lent me a book. I ____ a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought ______ postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send _____ cards to my friends. ____ the last day I _____ a big decision. I got up early and bought thirtyseven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!Lesson 4 I ____just _______ a letter ______ my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has_____ there ____ six months. Tim is an engineer. He is ______ for a big firm and he has already _____ a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town ___ the centre of Australia. He _____ soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly ___ Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, ___ he is finding this trip very exciting.Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought _______ garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst ___ only five miles _____ Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot _____ a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird _______ the distance ___ three minutes. Up to ____, Mr. Scott has sent a great ____ requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to _______. ___ this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西Lesson 3 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I _____ to Italy. I ______ museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a ____ words ofclock!39。Do you always get up so late? It39。Dear me,39。 she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,39。 I said.39。But I39。m ing to see you.39。 she said. 39。 I39。s raining again.39。 I thought. 39。It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay ___bed until lunch time.Last Sunday I got up very ____. I looked out of the window. It was dark ______39。This is a _______ conversation!39。 ‘It’s none of your business,39。t hear a word!39。 A young man and a young woman _____ sitting behind me. They were talking ______. I ____ very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman ______. They did not pay ____ attention. ___ the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 39。Lesson 1 Last week I _____ to the theatre. I had a very good _____. The play was very interesting. I did not _____ it.I can39。 I said angrily. the young man said rudely. 39。.Lesson 2What a day!39。It39。 Just then, the telephone _____. ____ was my aunt Lucy.39。ve just arrived __ train,39。I39。 39。m