【正文】 nly someone shout ed, 39。I t39。s two minut es past welve! The clock has st opped!39。 I looked at m y watch. It was t rue. The big clock r efused to wel e the New Year . At that moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Lesson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an old m usi cal i nstr ument. I t i s cal led a cl avi chor d(翼琴 ) . It was m ade i n Ger many in 1681. Our cl avi chor d is kept in t he li vingr oom. It has bel ong t o our f amil y f or a long ti me. The instr ument was bought by m y grandfat her many years ago. Recently 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 at her was shocked. Now we are not alowed t o t ouc h i t. I t is being r epair ed by a f ri end of m y f at her 39。s. Lesson 11 One good t urn deserves another 禮尚往來(lái) I was having dinner at a restaurant when Har y Steele came i n. Har ry worked i n a lawyer 39。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 borr ows money f rom his f ri ends and never pays it back. Har y saw me and came and sat at t he same t a bl 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。2. To my sur pri se, he gave m e the money i mme diatel y. 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。 Har ry said, 39。so now you can pay for my dinner ! 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見(jiàn)，一路順風(fēng) Our nci ghbour , Capt ai n Charl es Ali son, wi l sai l fr om Por tsmouth t omorr ow. We shal meet him at t he har bour ear ly i n t he morning. He wi l be i n his smal l boat, Topsai l. Tapsail is a famous li t le boat. I t has sailed across the At l ant ic m any t im es. Capt ain Al i son wi l set out at ei ght o39。cl ock so we shal l have plenty of t im e. We shal l see his boat and t hen we shal l say goodbye to him. He wil l be away f or two months. We are ver y proud of him . He wi l take part i n an im por tant race acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson 13 The Grenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a group of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al par ts of t he countr y. They wil l be ar ri ving here tomor row. They wil l be ing by t rain and most of the young peopl e in the t own wil l be meeti ng them at the st at ion. Tomorr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Wor ker s39。 Cl ub. The Gr eenwood Boys wi l be sta ying f or fi ve days. Duri ng thi s ti me, t hey wil l give f ive perf or mances. As usual , t he poli ce wi l l have a dif f icult ti me. They wil l be tr yi ng to keep or der . It is al ways the sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl ish? 你會(huì)講英語(yǔ)嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience l ast year . Af ter I had lef t a sm al l vi l age in t he sout h of France, I drove on t o the next town. On t he way, a young man waved t o me. I st opped and he asked m e for a l if t. As soon as he had got i nt o t he car , I said good mor ning t o him in French and he repli ed in t he same language. Apar t fr om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al l. Neit her of us spoke dur ing t he journey. I had nearl y reached t he town, when t he young man suddenl y sai d, ver y sl owly, 39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。 As I soon l ear nt, he was English hi msel f! Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 The secr et ary t old m e that Mr . Harmswor th woul d se me. I f elt very ner vous when. I went i nt o his of fi ce. He di d not look up f rom his desk when I ent er ed. Af t er I had sat down, he sai d that busi ness was very bad. He tol d me t hat t he fi rm coul d not af f or d t o pay such l ar ge sal ari es. Twenty people had alr eady l ef t. I knew t hat m y tur n had e. 39。Mr. Har mswort h,39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。Don39。t i nter upt, 39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an e xt ra amp。100 a year ! Lesson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car in the wr ong pl ace, a t raf ic pol iceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wi thout a ti cket . However , t his does not al ways happen. Tr af fi c poli ce ar e som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a hol iday i n Sweden, I f ound t his note on my car: 39。 Si r, we wel e you to our cit y. Thi s is a No Par king area. You wil l enj oy your st ay her e if you pay at ent ion t o our st reet si gns. This note i s only a remi nder .39。 If you r eceive a request li ke this, you cannot fail t o obey it ! Lesson 17 Always young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer i s an act res. She must be at l east thir ty fi ve year s old. In spit e of thi s, she oft en appear s on t he st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wi l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. This t ime, she wil l be a gi r l of seventeen. In t he play, she must appear in a br ight r ed dr es and l ong bl ack st ocki ngs. Last year i n anot her pl ay, she had to wear shor t socks and a bri ght , or ange col our ed dress. I f anyone ever asked her how ol d she i s, she always answer s, 39。My dear, it must be ter ri ble t o be grown up! 39。 l eson18 He oft en does thi s! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nn keeper cam e in. 39。Di d you have a good m eal ?39。 he asked. 39。Yes, thank you,39。 I answered, 39。but I can39。t pay the bi l . I haven39。t got my bag.39。 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。I 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 he sai d 39。 My dog had taken it i nto t he gar den. He of ten does thi s. 39。 Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完 39。The play may begin at any moment, 39。 I said. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。 Susan answered. 39。I hur r ied to the t icket of fi ce. 39。May I have t wo t ickets please ?39。 I asked. 39。I 39。m sor ry, we39。ve sold out, 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。What a