【正文】 i dge over a pool . I li ke gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I enter f or t he garden peti i on t oo, and I al ways wi n a lit tl e pr ize for t he wor st 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. I t was the last day of the year and a l ar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat hered under t he Town Hal clock. It woul d str ike t welve in t wenty mi nutes39。s gar den is l ar ger than Joe39。The Nicest Gar den Compet it ion39。Then he l ent m e a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not under st and a word. Ever y day I t hought about postcar ds. My holi days pased quickl y, but I did not send any car ds t o m y fr iends. On t he l ast day I m ade a bi g deci si on. I got up earl y and bought thirt yseven cards. I spent the whol e day in my r oom, but I di d not writ e a si ngle car d ! Leson 4 An exci ti ng t ri p 激動(dòng)人心的旅行 I have just r ecei ved a let er fr om m y brother , Tim . He i s i n Austr al ia. He has been t her e f or six mont hs. Tim i s an engi neer . He i s wor ki ng f or a bi g f irm and he has alr eady visit ed a great num ber of dif ferent places in Aust rali a. He has just bought an Austr al ian car and has gone t o Al ice Spri ngs, a sm al l t own i n the centr e of Austr al ia. He wi l soon vi si t Dar wi n. From t her e, he wi l fl y t o Per th. My br ot her has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f inding this tr ip ver y excit ng. Leson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scot t has a garage i n Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age i n Pi nhur st . Pi nhurst i s only f ive m il es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scot t cannot get a t el ephone for hi s new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pi geons. Yest erday, a pi geon cari ed t he f ir st mesage fr om Pi nhurst o Sil bury. The bi r d covered t he di st ance in t hr e mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot has ent a gr eat m any r equest s for spar e part s and other urgent m essages f rom one garage t o t he ot her. I n t hi s way, he has begun hi s own pri vat e t el ephone ser vi 6 Percy But t ons 珀西clock!39。Do you al ways get up so late ? It 39。m e,39。 she sai d. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Pl ease send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post cards al ways spoi l m y holi days. Last summ er , I went t o It al y. I vi sit ed m useums and sat i n publ ic gar dens. A f ri endl y wai ter t aught me a f ew wor ds of I talian. 39。巴頓斯 I have j ust m oved to a house i n Bri dge St reet . Yest erday a beggar knocked at m y door . He asked m e for a m eal and a gl ass of ber. I n r et ur n f or this, t he beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal. He at e the food and dr ank t he beer. Then he put a pi ece of cheese i n hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour told me about him. Ever ybody knows him. His nam e i s Percy But tons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once a mont h and al ways asks f or a m eal and a gl ass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was late and det ecti ves wer e wai ti ng at he air port al morning. They were expect ing a valuabl e parcel of di amond f r om Sout h Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier, someone had t ol d the poli ce t hat thieves woul d t ry t o st eal t he di amonds. When the pl ane ari ved, som e of t he det ecti ves wer e wait ing insi de t he m ai n buil di ng whil e ot hers were wai ti ng on t he ai rf ield. Two men took the parcel off t he plane and car ied i t into t he Cust oms House. Whil e t wo det ecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo ot hers opened the par cel. To t heir sur prise, t he preci ous par cel was f ul 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 beaut if ul gar den in our t own. Nearl y ever ybody enters f or 39。 each year, but Joe wins every tim e. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bi l wor ks harder t han Joe and gr ows m ore fl owers and veget ables, but Joe39。 tim e. Fift een mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve t o t welve, t he clock stopped. The bi g m inut e 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 t wo mi nutes past t wel ve! The cl ock has stopped! 39。s. Leson 11 One good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was having di nner at a rest aurant when Har ry Steel e cam e in. Har y wor ked i n a l awyer39。2. To my sur pr ise, he ga ve m e t he m oney imm edi at el y. 39。 Har y sai d, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour, Captain Char les Alison, wil l sai l f r om Port smout h tomorr ow. We shal m eet him at he harbour earl y i n t he m or ni ng. He wi l be i n hi s smal boat, Topsail .Tapsai l i s a fam ous lit tl e boat . It has sail ed acr oss the Atl anti c m any tim es. Capt ai n Ali son wil set out at eight o39。 Cl ub. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be st aying for fi ve days. Duri ng t hi s tim e, they wi l gi ve f ive per formances. As usual, t he pol ice wil have adi f ic ul t ime. They wil be tr yi ng t o keep or der. It i s al ways t he sam e on t hese occasi ons. Lesson 14 Do you speak Engli sh? 你會(huì)講英語嗎？ I had an am using exper ience last year. Aft er I had left a sm al vil age i n t he sout h of France, I dr ove on t o the next t own. On the way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a lif t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car, I sai d good morning to him in French and he r epli ed i n t he same l anguage. Apart f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al l. Nei ther of us spoke duri ng t he j our ney. I had nearl y r eached t he t own, whe n t he young m an suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was English him self ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ar y t ol d m e that Mr . Harm swort h would se me. I f el t very ner vous when. I went into his off ice. He di d not l ook up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said t hat busi ness was ver y bad. He t ol d m e t hat the fir m coul d not af ford t o pay su