【正文】 at hetic, but he could do not hing. 39。s losing m oney t hese days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Well, 39。t here is stil som e honest y in t his world ! 39。I can39。 I said angr ily. 39。s none of your business,39。This is a pr ivat e conversat ion!39。What a day! 39。I t39。 J ust hen, t he t elephone r ang. I t was my aunt Lucy. 39。ve just ar rived by t rain,39。I 39。 But I 39。 I said. 39。 she asked. 39。m having br eakfast ,39。Dear m e, 39。Do you always get up so lat e ? It 39。clock! 39。Then he lent me a book. Ir ead a f ew lines, but Idid not under st and a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any car ds t o my fr iends. On t he last day I made a big decison. I got up ear ly and bought hir tyseven cards. Ispent the whole day in my r om, but Idid not wr it e a single car d !Lesson 4 An excit ing tr ip 激動人心的旅行 I have just received a lett er f rom my brother, Tim. He is in Austr ali . He has been t here f or six mont hs. Tim is an engineer . He is working for a big f ir m and he has alr eady visit ed a gr eat number of dif fer ent places in Austr ali . He has just bought an Aust ralian car and has gone t o Alice Spr ings, a smal t own i t he centr e of Aust ralia. 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 Gar den Competit ion39。s gar den is lar ger t han J oe39。s garden is m or e int erest ing. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden br idge over a pol. Ilike gar dens t oo, but Ido not like har d wor k. Every year Ienter f or t he garden petit ion t oo, and I always win a lit t le priz e f or the worst garden in t he town! 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 crowd of people had gathered under t he Town Hal clock. I t would str ike t welve in t wenty minutes39。I t 39。 I looked at my watch. It was t rue. The big clock r efused t o wele t he New Year. At t hat moment everybody began t o laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不適 于演奏爵士樂 We have an old musical inst rument . I t is caled a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made in Ger many in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in t he living room . I t has belong t o our family f or a long t ime. The inst rument was bought by my grandf at her many year s ago. Recent ly it was damaged by a visitor . She t ried t o play jazz on it ! She str uck the keys t oo har d and two of t he st rings wer e broken. My f at her was hocked. Now we are not alowed to 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 working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always bor ows money f rom his fr iends and never pays it back. Har ry saw m e and came and sat at the same t able. He has never bor rowed m oney f rom m e. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me amp。I have never bor owed any money f r om you,39。s o now you can pay f or my dinner !39。clock so we shal have plenty of t ime. We shal see his boat and t hen we shal say godbye t o him. He wil be away f or t wo m ont hs. We ar e very pr oud of him. He wil t ake par t in an im port ant race across t he At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Greenwood Boys ar e a gr oup of popular singers. At present, hey ar e visit ing al par ts of t he country. They wil be ar r iving her e t omorow. They wil be ing by t rain and most of t he young people in t he t own wil be meeting them at he st at ion. Tomor row evening t hey wil be singing at he Worker s39。Do you speak English?39。Mr . Harmswort h, 39。Don39。 he Said. Then he smiled and told me I would r eceive an extr a amp。 Sir , we wele you t o ur cit y. This is 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 eminder .39。M y dear, it must be t err ible to be grown up! 39。t there ! As I was looking for it , t he innkeeper came in. 39。 he asked. 39。 I answered, 39。t pay t he bil. I haven39。 The innkeeper smiled and im mediat ely went out. In a f ew m inut es he r et ur ned wit h my bag and gave it back t o m e. 39。m very sor ry,39。M y dog had t aken it int o the gar den. He oft en does t his. 39。The play may begin at any moment ,39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。I hur ried t o t he t icket of ice. 39。 I asked. 39。m sor ry, we39。 t he gir l said. 39。 Susan exclaimed. J ust hen, a man hur ied to t he t icket ofice. 39。 he asked. 39。 t he gir l said. 39。 I asked. 39。t he girl said, 39。s per form ance. 39。 I said sadly. Lesson20 One man in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing is my favour ite spor t. I of ten f ish for hours wit hout catching anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Some f isher men ar e unlucky. I nstead of cat ching fish, t hey cat ch old boots and r ubbish. Iam even less lucky. Inever cat ch anyt hing not even old boots. Af ter having spent whole mornings on t he r iver, I always go home wit h an empt y bag. 39。 m y f riends ay. 39。s a wast e of time.39。t r ealize one important hing. I39。s of fice and sat down. Ihad just lost amp。 I lef t he money in my r om,39。and it 39。 The manager was ympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。s losing money t hese days,39。5o. 39。s r oom39。Well, 39。t here is stil som e honest y in t his world ! 39