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1 A private conversation

私人谈话

Last weekI

went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. 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 andthe 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

noneof your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is

a private conversation!'

2Breakfast or lunch?

早餐还是

午餐？

It wasSunday. I never get up early on Sundays.

I sometimes stay in bed until Sunday I got

up very late. I looked out of the window. It was

darkoutside.'What aday!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just

then, the telephone rang. It was myaunt Lucy.'I've just

arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But

I'mstill having breakfast,' I said.

'What areyou doing?'

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she asked.

'I'mhaving breakfast,' I repeated.

'Dear

me,'she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one

o'clock!'

3 Pleasesend 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 museums and sat inpublic 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 holidays

passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On

the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and

bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in myroom,

but I did not write a single card!

4 Anexciting trip

激动

人心的旅行

I havejust 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 greatnumber of different places in

has just bought an Australian car and has

gone to Alice springs, a small town in the centre of

Australia. He will soon visit ere, he will fly to

brother has never been abroad before, so he is

fending this tripvery exciting.

5 No wrong numbers

无

错号之虞

cott has a garage in Silbury and

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now he has just bought another garage in

st is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr.

Scott cannot get a telephonefor his newgarage, so he has

just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried

the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered

the distance in three minutes. Up tonow, has sent

a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent

messagesfrom onegarage to the other. In this way, he has

begun his own private 'telephone'service.

6

PercyButtons

珀西

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巴顿斯

I havejust moved to a

house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my

door.

He askedme for a meal and a glass of beer. In

return for this, the beggar stood on hishead

and

sangsongs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank

the beer. Then he put apiece

of cheesein his pocket

and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him.

Everybody knows him. His name is Percy calls

at every house in the street once a month

and

alwaysasks for a meal and a glass of beer.

7 Too late

为时太晚

The planewas late and detectives were

waiting at the airport all morning. They were

expectinga valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.

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A few hours earlier,someone

had toldthe police that

thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the

planearrived,

some ofthe detectives were waiting

inside the main building while others were waitingon

theairfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and

carried it into the CustomsHouse.

While twodetectives

were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the

parcel. To

theirsurprise, the precious parcel was full of

stones and sand!

8 The bestand the worst

最好的和最

差的

JoeSanders has the most beautiful garden in our

town. Nearly everybody enters for

'TheNicest Garden

Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill

Frith'sgarden is

largerthan Joe's. Bill works harder than

Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables,but

Joe'sgarden is more interesting. He has made neat paths

and has built a woodenbridge

over apool. I like

gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter

forthe garden

competitiontoo, and I always win a little

prize for the worst garden in the town!

9 A cold

welcome

冷遇

OnWednesday evening, we went to the

Town Hall. It was the last day of the yearand

a

largecrowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall

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clock. It would strike twelvein

twentyminutes' time.

Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the

clockstopped.

The bigminute hand did not move. We

waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly

someoneshouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock

has stopped!' I looked at my

watch. Itwas true. The big

clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment,

everybodybegan to laugh and sing.

10 Not forjazz

不

适于演奏爵士乐

We have anold musical instrument. It

is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany

in

clavichord is kept in the living room. It has

belonged to our family for along

time. Theinstrument

was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it

was

damaged bya visitor. She tried to play jazz on it!

She struck the keys too hard and twoof

thestrings were

broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to

touch is

beingrepaired by a friend of my father's.

11 Onegood turn deserves another

礼尚往来

I

washaving dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came

in. Tony worked in a

lawyer'soffice years ago, but he is

now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, buthe

alwaysborrows money from his friends and never pays it

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