【正文】 。I t39。 I l ooked at m y wat ch. It was t r ue. The big cl ock r ef used to wel e t he New Year. At t hat m om ent ever ybody began t o l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d m usi cal i nst r um ent . It i s cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She t ri ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owe d t o touch it . I t is bei ng repai r ed by a fr iend of my f ather39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now wor ki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney f rom hi s f ri ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor r owed m oney f r om me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。I have never bor rowed any m oney fr om you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。cl ock so we shal l have pl ent y of tim e. We shal l se hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o him . He wil l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him . He wi l t ake part i n an im port ant r ace acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar si ngers. At present, t hey ar e vi sit i ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t om orr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rai n and m ost of t he young peopl e in t he t own wil l be m eet i ng t hem at the st ati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singi ng at t he Wor ker s39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Mr. Harm swort h, 39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he sm il ed and tol d m e I woul d recei ve an ext r a amp。 Sir , we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This not e i s onl y a remi nder .39。My dear, i t 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 for it , the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 The i nn keeper sm il ed and i mm edi at ely went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he ret ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back to m e. 39。m ver y sor ry,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 hur ri ed to t he ti cket off i ce. 39。 I asked. 39。m sorr y, we39。 t he gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl ai m ed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per for mance. 39。 I said 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 mornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go home 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。I can39。 I sai d angr il y. 39。s none of your busines, 39。This i s a pri vate conver sat ion!39。What a day! 39。I t 39。 Just then, the tel ephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve j ust a r ived by t rai n, 39。I 39。 39。m st il l having br eakf ast , 39。What ar e you doing ?39。 I39。 I r epeated.39。 she said. 39。s one o39。Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片 Post car ds al ways spoil m y hol idays. Last summ er , I went t o I taly. I visit ed museums and sat in publi c gardens. A fr iendly wai ter taught m e a f ew wor ds of I tali an. 39。巴頓斯 I have just moved t o a house in Br idge St reet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door . He asked me f or a meal and a gl as of beer . I n r et ur n f or this, the beggar stood on hi s head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the f ood and dr ank the beer . Then he put a pi ece of cheese in hi s pocket and went away. Lat er a nei ghbour tol d me about hi m. Ever ybody knows hi m. His name is Percy But tons. He cal ls at ever y house i n the str eet once a mont h and al ways asks for a m eal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too lat e 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was l ate and detect ives wer e wait ing at the air port al mor ning. They wer e expecti ng a valuable parcel of di amond fr om South Afr ica. A f ew hours earl ier , someone had told the poli ce that thieves would t ry to steal the diamonds. When the pl ane ar ri ved, som e of the detecti ves wer e wait ing i nsi de the mai n bui ldi ng whil e others wer e wait ing on the air fi eld. Two men t ook the parcel off t he pl ane and car ied i t int o the Customs House. Whil e two detect ives wer e keeping guard at t he door , two ot her s opened the par cel . To their surpr ise, t he pr ecious par cel was f ull 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 most beauti ful garden in our t own. Near ly everybody ent ers f or 39。 each year, but Joe wi ns ever y ti me. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來(lái) I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。2. To my sur pr ise, he gave m e the money i mmediatel y. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 G oodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour , Captain Char les Al ison, wi l sail f rom Por tsmouth