【正文】 I 39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you like i t ?39。 It 39。 she sai d, 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 No Parki ng39。t axi 39。Pi latus Port er39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet t has just ref used a str ange request fr om a businessman. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al l r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke si t t i ng by t he Wayl e on f i ne af t er noons. I t was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank een abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p very excit 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is only fi ve mi les fr om Si lbur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a t elephone f or his new garage, so he has j ust bought twel ve pigeons. Yest erday, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st message f rom Pinhurst to Si lbur y. The bi rd cover ed the di st ance i n t hr ee mi nut es . Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a great many request s for spar e part s and ot her ur gent messages fr om one garage t o the ot her . I n t his way, he has begun his own pr ivate telephone servi ce. Lesson 6 Percy But ons 珀西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 woode n br idge 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 t le pr ize 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. I t was the l ast day of the year and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike twel ve in twenty minutes39。It 39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The bi g cl ock ref used t o wele t he New Year. At t hat m om ent everybody began t o laugh and si ng. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal instr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Germ any i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he li vi ngr oom . I t has bel ong t o our fami ly for a l ong t im e. The i nst rument was bought by my gr andf ather many year s ago. Recent ly i t wa s damaged by a vi si tor . She t ri ed to pl ay jazz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and two of the str ings were br oken. My father was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o touch it . It i s bei ng repair ed by a fr iend of my father39。s off ice years ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he always bor rows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw m e and came and sat at t he same t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom me. Whi le he was eati ng, I asked hi m t o l end m e amp。I have never bor rowed any money fr om you,39。so now you can pay for m y dinner! 39。cl ock so we shal have plenty of t im e. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal l say good bye t o hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l take par t i n an im por tant race acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson 13 The G renwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent, t hey ar e vi sit ng al part s of the count r y. They wil l be ar ivi ng her e t om or r ow. They wi l be i ng by t r ai n and most of t he young peopl e i n t he t own wi l be m eti ng t hem at t he st at i on. Tomor row evening t hey wil l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led 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 Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。My dear, i t must be t er r ible t o be gr own up!39。t there ! As I was looking f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pa y t he bil . I haven39。 The innkeeper smil ed and im medi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to m e. 39。m very sor ry,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t his.39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。I t may have begun alr eady, 39。I hurr ied t o the t icket off ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor ry, we39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 Susan exclaim ed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o t he t i cket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l said, 39。s per for mance. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout cat chi ng anyt hi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f isherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythi ng not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。 m y fr i ends say. 39。s a wast e of ti me.39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s off i ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I l ef t the m oney i n my room, 39。and it 39。 The m anager was sympatheti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。s l osi ng money these days