【正文】 e New Year . At that moment ever ybody began t o l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d m usi cal i nst rument. I t is caled a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ). It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d i s kept in the li vingr oom. It has bel ong to our f am il y f or a l ong ti me. The instr um ent was bought by m y grandfather many year s ago. Recent ly it wa s damaged by a vi sitor . She tr ied t o play j azz on i t! She str uck the keys t oo hard and t wo of the st ri ngs wer e broken. My f at her was shocked. Now we ar e not al lowed t o t ouch i t. I t i s being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y fat her 39。s of fi ce years ago, but he i s now wor king at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he al ways bor rows money f r om his f r iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw me and cam e and sat at he sam e table. He has never borr owed money fr om m e. Whil e he was eat ing, I asked him to lend me 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 l have pl ent y of ti me. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wi l be away for t wo months. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n a n i mport ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popular singers. At present , t hey ar e visi ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by t rain and m ost of the young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stat ion. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at the Workers39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Mr . Har mswor th,39。Don39。 he Sai d. Then he smi le d 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 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 looki ng f or i t, t he innkeeper came i n. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answer ed, 39。t pay t he bil . I haven39。 The i nnkeeper smil ed and immedi ately went out. I n a f ew mi nut es he retur ned wit h my bag and gave it back to me. 39。m very sorr y,39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s.39。The pl ay may begi n at any moment,39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。I hur r ied to the t icket of fi ce. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor ry, we39。 the gir l sai d. 39。 Susan excl aimed. 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 m ornings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an empt y bag. 39。 my f ri ends say. 39。s a waste of t ime.39。t r eal i ze one im port ant t hi ng. I 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。and i t39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hing. 39。s losi ng money these days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Wel l, 39。t here i s stil l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。 I r epeated m y quest ion sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not understand hi m. My t eacher never spoke Engl i sh l ike t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each other and sm il ed. Then he sai d som ething and I under stood it . 39。l l soon l ear n English!39。t underst and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? leson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat t hey understand m oder n art . They always t el l you what a pi cture is 39。. Of course, many pictur es ar c not 39。 anything. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he sam e way that we l ike pret ty cur tain m at eri al . I think that young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ctures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she always t els me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yesterday. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng this pi ct ure on the wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。s al l ri ght,39。but i sn39。 I looked at it agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t heir tent in the mi ddl e of a f ield. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungry and t he food smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they t old stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n the m iddle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who bel i eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he r etur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his ga