1、2Breakfast 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. Its raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.Ive just ar
2、rived by train, she said. Im coming to see you.But Im still having breakfast, I said.What are you doing? she asked.Im having breakfast, I repeated.Dear me,she said. Do you always get up so late? Its one oclock!3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went t
3、o Italy. I visited museums 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. Every day I thought about postcards.My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last da
4、y I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!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 months. Tim is an engineer. He is wor
5、king 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.Fromthere, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad bef
6、ore, so he is finding this trip very exciting.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.
7、 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 sent 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 telephoneservic
8、e.6 Percy Buttons 珀西.巴顿斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked 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
9、se 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 house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.7 Too late 为时太晚The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morni
10、ng. They wereexpecting 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 the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waitingon the airfield. Two me
11、n took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the CustomsHouse.While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. ToTheir surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our t
12、own. Nearly everybody enters forThe Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frithsgarden is larger than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joes garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a
13、pool. 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On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year anda large crowd of people had g
14、athered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clockstopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. Its two minutes past twelve! The clock has s
15、topped! I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.10 Not forjazz 不适于演奏爵士乐We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germanyin 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. I
16、t 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
17、is being repaired by a friend of my fathers.11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in alawyers office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pay
18、s it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. I have never borrowed any money from you, Tony said, so now you can pay for my dinner!12 Goodby
19、eand good luck 再见，一路顺风Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. Well meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eig
20、ht oclock, so well have plenty of time. Well see his boat and then well say goodbye to him. He will be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.13 TheGreenwood Boys 绿林少年The Greenwood Boys are a group of pop singers. At present, they ar
21、e visiting all partsof the country. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions.
