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
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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 Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last
Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought.
'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,'
she said. 'I'm coming to e you.'
'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
锅盖头发型男图片 'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'
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 gardens. 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. Everyday I thought about postcards. My
holidays pasd quickly, but I did not nd 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
房门 I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for
six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great
number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice
springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly 捉迷藏怎么写
to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending this trip very exciting.
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers无错号之虞
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 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珀西.巴顿斯
I have just moved to a hou in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He 奴巾
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 went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name 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
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were
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速读训练expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told
the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of t
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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 协商的意思
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 large
r than
Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more
