【正文】 t. I t is cal ed a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger m any i n 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 me. The inst r um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly i t was dam aged by a vi si tor . She tr ied to play jazz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of the str ings wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowe d t o touch i t. It i s bei ng r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s off i ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ary, but he al ways bor rows m oney f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at t he same table. He has never bor r owed money fr om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end me amp。I have never bor rowed any money f rom you, 39。so now you can pay f or my dinner! 39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to hi m. He wi l l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wil l take part in an impor tant race acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popular si nger s. At pr esent, they ar e visit ing al part s of the count ry. They wi l be ar iving her e tomor row. They wi l be ing by tr ai n and most of t he young people i n the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st ation. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at he Wor ker s39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr . Harmswor th,39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smil ed and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parking ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at ent ion t o our st r et signs. This not e is only a remi nder .39。My dear , it m ust be ter i bl e t o be gr own up!39。t t her e ! As I was l ooking f or it, t he i n keeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bil l. I haven39。 The inn keeper smi led and imm edi atel y went out. I n a f ew mi nutes he r et ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。m ver y sor r y,39。 My dog had t aken i t i nt o t he gar den. He oft en does t his.39。The play m ay begi n at any m om ent, 39。I t m ay have begun al ready,39。I hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sorr y, we39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just t hen, a man hurr i ed t o t he ti cket off ice. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per for mance. 39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ngnot even old boot s. Af ter having spent whole m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s a waste of t ime.39。t r eali ze one impor tant thing. I39。s of f ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I lef t he money in my r oom ,39。and i t39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。s losing money t hese days,39。5o. 39。s room39。Wel ,39。t here i s sti l some honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。 I r epeated m y questi on several t imes and at last he under stood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clear ly. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I coul d not understand him . My t eacher never spoke English l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som et hing and I under st ood it . 39。l soon learn Engl is h!39。t understand t hem ! Do t hey speak English ? l eson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ctures. Many peopl e pretend t hat t hey understand modern ar t. They always t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, many pi ctures arc not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pater ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur t ai n m at er i al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en of t en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ur es bet t e r t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s Lesson 1 A privat e conversat ion 私人談話 Last week I went to t he theat re. I had a very good seat . The pl ay was ver y i nt erest ing. I did not enjoy i t. A young man and a young woman wer e si t ing behind m e. They were talki ng loudly. I got very angr y. I could not hear t he act or s. I t urned r ound. I looked at t he man and the wom an angr il y. They did not pay any atenti on. I n t he end, I coul d not be ar it . I turned r ound again. 39。t hear a wor d!39。 I t39。 t he young m an said rudely. 39。. Leson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up earl y on Sundays. I somet imes stay i n bed until l unch t im e. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the wi ndow. It was dark out si de. 39。 I t hought. 39。s rai ni ng agai n.39。 I 39。 she sai d. 39。 39。m st il l having br eakf ast, 39。What are you doing ?39。 I 39。 I repeat ed. 39。 she said. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Please send m e a card 請給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds always spoi l my holi days. Last sum mer, I went to I tal y. I vi si ted museum s and sat in publ ic gardens. A fr iendly wai ter t aught me a f ew wor ds of I tal ian. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet. Yest erday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . In retur n for t his, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave hi m a meal . He ate t he food and drank t he beer . Then he put a piece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a neighbour told me about hi m . Ever ybody knows him . Hi s name i s Per cy Butt ons. He cal s at every house in t he str et once a month and always asks f or a meal and a gl as of beer . Leson 7