新郎吃定伴郎Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good at. The play was very interesting・ I did not enjoy it・ A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly・ I got very angry. I could not hear the actors・ I turned round I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can't hear a word!' I said angrily. 、It's none of your business, the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!‘.
Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐？
It was Sunda y. I n ever get up early on Sun days ・ I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.
Last Sun day I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside ・
'What a day!11 thought. 'It's raining againJ Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lu
cy.' I've just arrived by train/ she said全脑课・ Tm coming to e you.' "But rm still having breakfast/ 1 said.
'What are you doing?' she asked・ Tm having breakfast/ I repeated.
人物简介
'Dear me/ she said・'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!1'
体温的英文
Lesson 3 Plea nd me a card 请给我寄一张明信片
Postcards always spoil my holidays・ Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited muums and sat in public garcens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word・ Every day I thought about postcards・科普故事 My holidays pasd quickly, but I did not nd any cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-ven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
Lesson 4 An exciting trip激动人心的旅行
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia・ He has been there for six mon ths. Tim is an engin eer ・ He is worki ng for a big firm and he has already visited a great nu mber of d iff ere nt places in Australia ・ He has just bought an Australia n car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia・ He v/ill soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting. Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号Z虞
M「・ James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst・ Pin hurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott can net get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pin hurst to Silbury ・ The bird covered the distance in three minutes ・ Up to no w, Mr. Scott has nt 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 rvice・
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 夏字成语四个字珀西•巴顿斯
I have just moved to a hou in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knoeked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer・ In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer・ Then he put a piece of chee in his pocket and we nt awa y. Later a neighbor told me about him. Everybody kno ws him ・ His n ame is Percy Buttons. He calls at every hou in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚
新的启程The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diam ond from South Africa ・ A few hours earlier, some one had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds・ When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs Hou・ While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surpri, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的
Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time・ Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe.・ Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more in teresti ng. He has made neat paths and has built a woode n bridge over a pool. I like garde ns too, but I do not like hard work・ Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
Lesson 9 A cold welcome 西酞普兰副作用冷遇
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes pasd and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happe ned. Sudde nly some one shouted, 'It's two minu tes past twelve! The clock has stopped!'
I looked at my watch .It was true ・ The big clock refud to welcome the New Year・ At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.
Lesson 10 Not for jazz不适于演奏爵士乐
We have an old musical in strument. It is called a clavichord（翼琴）.It was made in Germa ny in 1681・ Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked・ Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
