【正文】 angry. Icould not hear t he actors . I t ur ned r ound. Ilooked at t he m an and t he wom an angrily. They did not pay any at ention. I n t he end, Icould not bear it . I t ur ned r ound again. 39。I can39。 I said angr ily. 39。s none of your business,39。This a pr ivate conversation! 39。What day!39。I t 39。 J ust t hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve just arived by t r ain, 39。I 39。 But I39。 I said. 39。 she asked. 39。m having breakf ast,39。Dear m e,39。Do you always get up so lat e ? I t39。clock!39。Then he lent m e a book. I r ead a f ew lines, but I did not under st and a word. Ever y day It hought about postcar ds. M y holidays passed quickly, but Idid not send any car ds t o m y f r iends. On t he last day I m ade a big decision. I got up early and bought hir tyseven cards. Ispent t he whole day in m y r oom, but Idid not wr it e a single card ! Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have just r eceived a let ter f r om m y br ot her, Tim. He is in Aust rali . He has been t her e f or six m ont hs. Tim is an engineer. He is wor king f or a big fir m and he has alr eady vist ed a great num ber of dif ferent places in Aust ralia. He has just bought an Austr ali n car and has gone t o Alice S prings, a sm al t own in t he centr e of Austr ali . He wil soon visit Dar win. From t her e, he wil f ly t o Pert h. M y br other has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his tr ip very excitng. Lesson 5 No wr ong num ber s 無錯號之虞 Mr J ames Scot t has a gar age in Silbur y and now he has just bought anot her gar age in Pinhur st . Pinhurst is only five miles f r om Silbur y, but M r Scot cannot get a t elephone f or his new gar age, so he has just bought t welve pigeons. Yester day, apigeon car ried t he fir st m essage f r om Pinhurst o Silbur y. The bir d covered t he dist ance in t hr ee minut es. Up t o now, M r Scot t has ent a gr eat m any r equest s f or spar e par ts and ot her ur gent m essages f r om one garage t o t he ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate t elephone ser 6 Per cy But ons 珀西The Nicest Garden Com pet iton39。s garden is lar ger t han J oe39。s gar den is mor e int er esting. He has m ade neat pat hs and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gar dens t oo, but I do not like har d wor k. Every year I enter f or t he gar den pet iton t oo, and I always win a lit t le prize f or t he worst garden in t he t own! Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went t o t he Town Hal. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of people had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve in t wenty minut es39。I t39。 I looked at m y wat ch. I t was t r ue. The big clock r ef used t o wele t he New Year. At hat m oment ever ybody 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 m usical instr um ent. I t is caled a clavichor d(翼琴 ) . I t was m ade in Germ any in 1681. Our clavichor d is kept in t he living r oom. I t has belong t o ur f am ily f or a long t im e. The instr um ent was bought by m y gr andfat her m any ears ago. Recently it was dam aged by a visit or. She t ried t o play jazz on it ! She str uck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st rings wer e br oken. My f at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouch it . I t is being r epair ed by a f riend of my f at her39。s of fice years ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He gets a good sal r y, but he always bor rows m oney f r om his f riends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and cam e and sat at t he sam e t able. He has never bor owed money fr om me. While he was eat ing, I asked him t o lend m e amp。I have never bor rowed any m oney f r om you, 39。so now you can pay f or m y dinner!39。clock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal say good bye t o him. He wil be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e ver y pr oud of him. He wil t ake par t in an im por tant r ace acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Gr eenwod Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwod Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singer s. At pr esent, t hey ar e visit ing alpar t s of t he countr y. They wil be ar riving here t omor ow. They wil be ing by t r ain and most of t he young people in t he t own wil be m eeting t hem at t he station. Tomor ow evening t hey wil be singing at t he Wor ker s39。Do you speak English?39。M r. Har mswor th,39。Don39。 he Said. Then he sm iled and t old me I would r eceive an ext r a amp。 Sir , we wel e you t o ur cit y. This a No Parking area. You wil enjoy your st ay here if you pay at tention t o ur st reet signs. This not e is only a r em inder. 39。M y dear, it m ust be t er rible t o be gr own up!39。t here ! As I was looking f or it , t he innkeeper cam e in. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bil. I haven39。 The inn keeper smiled and imm ediately went out. I n a f ew minut es he r et ur ned wit h m y bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。m ver y sor y, 39。M y dog had t aken it int o t he gar den. He oft en does t his. 39。The play m ay begin at any moment ,39。I t m ay have begun alr eady,39。I huried t o t he ticket of fice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor y, we39。 t he gir l said. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. J ust t hen, a m an hur ried t o t he t icket of ice. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he girl said. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l said, 39。s perf ormance. 39。 I said sadly. Lesson20 One m an in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing is m y f avourit e sport . I oft en f ish f or hour s wit hout catching anyt hing. But his does not wor y m e. Som e f isherm en are unlucky. I nstead of catching f ish, t hey cat ch old boot s and r ubbish. I am even less lucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even old boot s. Aft er having spent whole mornings on t he r iver , I always go home wit h an empty bag. 39。 my f riends ay.39。s a wast e of t im e.39。t r ealize one im por tant hing. I 39。s of fice and sat down. Ihad just lost amp。 I lef t he m oney in m y r om,39。and it 39。 The m anager was ym p