【正文】 as bought by m y grandfat her many year s ago. Recent l y i t was dam aged by a vi si t or . She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on i t! She str uck t he keys t oo hard and t wo of t he 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 her39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor ki ng at a bank. He gets a good sal ar y, but he al ways bor r ows m oney f r om his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e table. He has never borr owed m oney fr om m e. Whi l e he was eati ng, I asked hi m to l end m e amp。I have never bor r owed any m oney f r om you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner! 39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and then we shal l say goodbye t o him. He wil l be away for two months. We ar e ver y pr oud of hi m. He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing al l par ts of the countr y. They wi l be ar ivi ng her e t om orr ow. They wi l be i ng by tr ain and most of the young people i n t he town wi l l be met ing t hem at the stati on. Tomor row evening they wil l be si nging at the Workers39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr. Harm swor th, 39。Don39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t old me I would r eceive an extr a amp。 Sir , we wel e you t o our ci t y. This i s a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wi l enj oy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s not e i s onl y a r em inder.39。My dear, it m ust be t er ri bl e t o be gr own up! 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng f or it, t he i n keeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answered, 39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。 The i n keeper sm il ed and i mmediat el y went out . In a few minutes he r eturned wi th my bag and gave i t back t o me. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m oment ,39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。I hur ri ed to the ti cket of fi ce. 39。 I asked. 39。ve sol d out, 39。What a pi ty! 39。Can I r etur n these two ti ckets?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two tickets pl ease ?39。Cer tainl y, 39。but t hey ar e for next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel l have t hem, 39。You must gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 It 39。 But they don39。m not real y i nt erested i n fi shi ng. I a m onl y int erest ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving me mad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some reason i t coul d not be used then. Last year , however, i t came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f r om t hei r hom es by t he noise. I am one of t he few people left . Som et im es I t hink t his house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been off er ed a l ar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det erm ined to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and t hey ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a let er f r om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t raveli ng a cr oss the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and addr ess on i t i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en months lat er , she r ecei ved a let er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr it e to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use the post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but they wi l cert ainly tr avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f rom my si st er yesterday. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o England next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I tol d her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。50 and I f elt very upset .39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now.39。Everyone39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。I f ound this out si de thi s gentl eman39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dar k. I did not know the way to my hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er, however , could not under stand me。I am a for ei gner ,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man spea ks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each ot her, but I don39。about39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 It 39。 she said, 39。t it upsi de down ?39。 No Par king39。The Ni cest Gar den Com pet it ion39。s gar den is l arger than Joe39。s garden is m ore i nteresti ng. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I l ike gardens too, but I do not li ke har d wor k. Every year I ent er for the gar den peti ti on too, and I al ways win a li tl e pri ze for t he worst gar den in t he town! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday eveni ng, we went t o the Town Hal l. I t was the l ast day of t he year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathe