【正文】 more. My sister isLesson 1 A private conversation 私人談話 The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it.I can39。 I said angrily. It39。 the young man said rudely. 39。.Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐還是午餐？What a day!39。It39。 Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.39。ve just arrived by train,39。I39。 39。m still having breakfast,39。What are you doing ?39。 I39。 I repeated.39。 she said. 39。s one o39。39。 Italian. 39。My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone 6 Percy Buttons 珀西Lesson 7 Too late 為時太晚 the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 39。 each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith39。s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe39。Lesson 9 A cold wele 冷遇 time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 39。s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!39。Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂s.I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer39。2. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 39。 Harry said, 39。Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o39。Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers39。Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你會講英語嗎？ After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 39。 As I soon learnt, he was English himself!The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when. I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had e. 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。t interrupt,39。100 a year!If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car:39。 If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirtyfive years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orangecoloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 39。After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn39。Did you have a good meal ?39。Yes, thank you,39。but I can39。t got my bag.39。I39。 he said 39。39。 I said.39。 Susan answered.I hurried to the ticketoffice. 39。 I asked.I39。ve sold out,39。39。 Susan exclaimed.39。 he asked.Certainly,39。39。 I asked.Certainly, 39。but they are for next Wednesday39。39。 I said sadly.Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythingnot even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 39。 my friends say.39。s a waste of time.39。t realize one important thing. I39。Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封Lesson23 A new house 新居 living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was pleted five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.I entered the hotel manager39。50 and I felt very upset.39。 I said, 39。s not there now.39。Everyone39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained amp。I found this outside this gentleman39。 she said. 39。 I said to the manager, 39。I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me。I am a foreigner,39。You39。 he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don39。lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術(shù)評論家about39。abo