【正文】 and a l ar ge crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal l cl ock. It woul d str ike t wel ve in twenty minutes39。I t39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The bi g clock r ef used t o wel e the New Year . At that moment everybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for j azz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical i nst rument. I t is cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichor d i s kept in the l iving room. I t has belong to our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys too hard and t wo of t he st ri ngs wer e broken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouc h i t. I t is being r epai red by a f ri end of my f at her 39。s of fi ce year s ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salar y, but he al ways bor r ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at the sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend m e amp。I have never bor rowed any m oney f rom you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner!39。cl ock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal see hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye to him . He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are ver y proud of him. He wil l t ake par t i n an i m port ant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson 13 The G reenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , t hey ar e vi si ti ng al part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar ri vi ng her e tom or row. They wil l be ing by t r ai n and m ost of t he young peopl e i n the t own wil l be meeti ng them at t he st at i on. Tom orr ow eveni ng t hey wi l be si ngi ng at t he Wor ker s39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。Mr . Harmswor 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 her e i f you pay at tention to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a rem inder .39。My dear , it must be ter ibl e to be gr own up! 39。t ther e ! As I was looking f or it , the i n keeper came in. 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 om ent ,39。I t m ay have begun al r 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 tickets?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two t ickets please ?39。Cer tainly, 39。but they ar e for next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel l have them, 39。You must give up f ishing! 39。 I t39。 But t hey don39。m not real y i nt erested in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si t ing i n a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不 是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng me m ad. 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 homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Som et im es I t hink t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been of f er ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they ar e probabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envelope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dreamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng a cr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her name and address on it i nto a bot tle. She thr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten mont hs later , she r eceived a l eter f rom a gir l in Hol land. Both gi rl s wri te t o each ot her regul arl y now. However , they have de cided to use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but t hey wil l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a let ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next ye ar . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 I said, 39。s not there now. 39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I found thi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 she sai d. 39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r i ved i n London at l ast. The r ailway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very caref ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not unders t and m e。I am a f or eigner, 39。You39。 he s ai d. I wonder . I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each other, but I don39。 XX XX 縣珍珠幼蚌繁育基地項目 可 行 性 報 告 m e, 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。cl ock! 3