【正文】 9。 I said i n a weak voice. 39。 As I soon lear nt , he was Engl ish hi mself ! Leson 15 Good news 佳音 The secretary t ol d me that Mr . Harmswor th would see me. I felt ver y ner vous when. I went into his offi ce. He di d not look up fr om his desk when I entered. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busi nes was very bad. He told me that he f ir m could not afford to pay such l ar ge sal ar ies. Twenty people had al ready left . I knew t hat my turn had e. 39。 Club. The Greenwood Boys wi l be staying for five days. Duri ng t hi s t ime, they wil l gi ve f ive perf or mances. As usual, the pol ice wi l have a di f icul t ime. They wi l be t rying to keep order . It is always the same on these occasions. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusing experience last year . Aft er I had lef t a smal l vil lage i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o 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 i nt o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in t he same l anguage. Apar t f rom 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 reached t he t own, when the young man suddenly sai d, ver y sl owl y, 39。 Leson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風 Our nci ghbour, Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wil l sail fr om Port sm outh t omorr ow. We shal meet him at the har bour ear ly i n the m or ni ng. He wil be in his sm al boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous l i t t l e boat. It has sail ed across the Atl anti c many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Har r y sai d, 39。 2. To m y sur pri se, he gave me t he money imm ediatel y. 39。s. Lesson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng di nner at a r estaur ant when Har y St ele came i n. Har y wor ked in a l awyer39。s two mi nutes past wel ve! The clock has stopped! 39。 t ime. Fi fteen minut es passed and t hen, at five to t wel ve, the clock st opped. The big minute hand did not move. We wai ted and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s. Bil works harder t han Joe and gr ows more f lower s and veget abl es, but Joe39。 each year, but Joe wins every t ime. Bi l Fr it h39。Lat er a nei ghbour told me about hi m. Ever ybody knows him. His name i s Percy Buttons. He cal s at every house i n the st reet once amont h and al ways asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too l at e 為時太晚 The plane was l at e and det ecti ves wer e wai ting at he air port al mor ning. They were expecti ng a valuable par cel of diamond f rom Sout h Afri ca. A few hour s earl ier, someone had told t he police that hi eves would tr y to steal the diamonds. When t he plane ar rived, some of the detect ives were wait ng inside the main bui lding whi le other s wer e wai ting on the ai rfi el d. Two men t ook t he par cel of f the pl ane and car ri ed it i nt o the Customs House. While t wo detect ives were keeping guard at he door , t wo ot her s opened t he par cel. To their surpri se, the pr ecious parcel was f ull of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beautif ul garden i n our town. Near ly everybody ent er s f or 39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。s garden i s lar ger than Joe39。s gar den i s mor e i nter esti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt awooden bri dge over a pool. I like gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I enter for t he garden peti tion too, and I always win a li tl e pr ize for t he wor st garden in the town! Leson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o the Town Hal. It was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gather ed under the Town Hal cl ock. I t would stri ke t wel ve i n twent y minut es39。It 39。 I l ooked at my watch. I t was tr ue. The big clock r ef used to wele t he New Year . At that moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musi cal i nstr um ent. It is cal led a cl avichor d( 翼琴 ) . I t was made i n Ger many in 1681. Our clavi chord is kept in t he l iving room. I t has belong t o our famil y for a long t ime. The i nstr um ent was bought by m y gr andfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was damaged by a vi sit or . She tr ied to play jaz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the st ri ngs wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . I t is bei ng r epai red by a f ri end of m y f at her39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows money f rom his fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at t he same t able. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend m e amp。I have never borr owed any money f rom you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。clock so we shal have pl enty of ti me. We shal see his boat and then we shal say goodbye to him. He wil be away for two mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i mport ant race across the Atl anti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singer s. At pr esent, they ar e vi si ting al part s of the country. They wil be ar ri vi ng here tomorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ai n and most of t he young people in t he t own wi l be meet ing them at the station. Tomor row evening they wi l be singing at the Workers39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Mr . Har mswort h, 39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and told me I woul d receive an extra amp。 Si r, we wel e you t o our cit y. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enjoy your st ay her e if you pay at enti on t o our st reet signs. Thi s note is onl y a rem inder. 39。My dear , i t m ust be ter ible t o be grown up!39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answered, 39。t pa