1、新版典范英语7（旧版6）2 第二篇Noisy Neighbours1Mr FlinchIn a grim, grey house in a grim, grey town lived an unhappy man.It was not his grey house that made Mr Flinch unhappy. It was not that he was poor, because he was not. Mr Flinch was a miser. He never gave away a penny. ( He never gave away a smile either. )
2、 He was a mean and miserable man.Mr Flinch was miserable because of his neighbours.On one side of Mr Flinchs grim, grey house stood a jolly red one. It belonged to Carl Clutch who mended cars.Carl loved cars and motorbikes and vans and lorries. Every morning, Mr Flinch woke up to hear hammers bangin
3、g, spanners clanging and engines revving. The whole street shook with the noise.On the other side, in a bright blue house, lived a music teacher called Poppy Plink. Each morning, Poppy sat down and played grand tunes on her grand piano. After breakfast, her students started to arrive.Violins screech
4、ed, drums thundered and bassoons bellowed. Mr Flinch shut his window, but the noise still came through the wall. Brum brum, tootle toot, bang! His whole house shook and shivered.He put his fingers in his ears.He rapped on the wall but his neighbours did not hear.They were far too happy. They were me
5、nding cars and making music, and they loved their work.Brum brum, tootle toot, bang!Mr Flinch rap rapped until he made holes in his wallpaper. It did no good.Mr Flinch locked himself in a cupboard. He wound old towels round his head.He wrote angry letters, but tore them all up. Stamps cost far too m
6、uch money! he said.Even in bed, he wore a hat to keep out the noise.But the cars still revved and the music still jangled.Mr Flinch was the grey filling in a noise sandwich.This cant go on, Flinch thought to himself. He even shouted it out loud:2Nasty TricksMr Flinch went next door to Carls house. C
7、arl was mending cars. It was easy to sneak into his kitchen and put a dead rat in the fridge.That will get rid of him! said Flinch, and smiled a nasty smile. Nobody wants to live in a house with rats!At midnight, Mr Flinch climbed on to his roof and carefully, carefully crawled across the tiles. He
8、put his head down Poppys chimney and gave a long, loud, Hooowooowoooo!That will get ride of her, he said with a grim grin. Nobody wants to live in a house with ghosts!Then he climbed back into bed.Next morning, Mr Flinch woke to a HUGE noise. Cars and lorries were stopping outside. He looked out of
9、his window.Carl was sitting outside in the rood, with a table, a kettle, a loaf of bread and a bottle of tomato sauce.Carl called to Mr Flinch, Cant use my kitchen today! Rays, urgh! My mum is cleaning up. She told me to eat my breakfast outside. Thats how I got this great idea! Take away breakfast!
10、 Drivers can stop here and buy breakfast.Just then, Poppy Plink came running out of her blue front door. Oh, Mr Flinch! Oh, Carl! Guess what happened last night!I give up, said Mr Flinch, with a sumg smirk. Do tell.Poppy beamed with joy. Last night, angles sang down my chimney! They did, I promise!
11、She frowned. But the music wasnt very good! I think they want some new songs to sing! Im sure they want me to write them, and I shall! Oh I shall!She did.Poppy still had to teach music all day.But at night she wrote angle music. She made it nice and loud, with lots of cymbals and trumpets.It was all
12、 too much for Mr Flinch.3Mr Flinch has a PlanMr Flinch went next door to Carls house.He showed Carl a fistful of money. The day you move house, all this is yours! he said.Anything you say, chief, said Carl, wiping his dirty hands on a rag.As long as I can mend cars, Ill be happy anywhere. Carl went
13、on, Ill move out as soon as I can sell the house!Next, Mr Flinch went to Poppys house and offered her a hatful of money. The day you move house, all this is yours! he said.Of course! If that is what you want, dear heart! Cried Poppy.She had never seen so much money in her life. As long as I have my
14、music, I can be happy anywhere! I will move out just as soon as I can sell my little house!Mr Flinch went home a happy man well, as happy as a man like Mr Flinch can ever be.He felt in his empty pockets and gulped. All that money gone! Ah, but soon those noisy neighbours will be gone, too!In a few d
15、ays, Mr Flinchs neighbours had sold up their houses.Now, at last, he would have peace and quiet nothing but the noise of mice scratching in the empty cellar.4 Moving DayMr Flinch watched as Poppy Plink moved out. Bo-jangle went the piano as she pushed and bumped it down the steps.Going already are y
16、ou, you pest? he mutted. I pity the person who has to live next door to you!Seeing him, Poppy waved up at the window.Such luck, Mr Flinch! she called. Fancy! A few days ago, I met someone who wants to move house too! We agreed to swap houses!Just then, Carl came out of his front door carrying two he
17、avy tool boxes. He saw Poppy struggling with a harp and went to help her. All set, Poppy? he said.All set, Carl! Isnt this fun! She replied.Then Carl moved into Poppys bright house and Poppy moved into Carls jolly red one.They helped each other to carry the big things, like tables and sofas.Then Carl had a house-warming party. He and Poppy sang, because they were so happy: Theres no place like home!Mr Flinch heard it right through the wall of his house even inside his cupboard, even with a towel round his head.典范英语7 3
