★L(fēng)esson1Aprivateconversation私人談話angrilyadv.生氣地

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.attentionn.注蔻

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。bearv.容忍

Whydidth:writercoinplaintothepeoplebehindhim?businessn.事

LastweekIwenttothetheatre.Ihadaverygoodseat.Theplaywasvery

nidclyadv.無禮地，粗魯?shù)?/p>

interesting.Ididnotenjoyit.Ayoungmanandayoungwomanweresittingbehindme.

Theyweretalkingloudly.Igotveryangrj'.Icouldnotheartheactors.Iturnedround.I

lookedatthemanandthewomanangrily.Theydidnotpayanyattention.Intheend.1參考譯文

couldnotbearit.Iturnedroundagain.'1can'thearaword!'Isaidangrily.

上星期我去看戲。我的座位很好，戲很有意思,但我卻無法欣賞。?青年男子

It'snoneofyourbusiness,'theyoungmansaidndcly.Thisisaprivate與一青年女子坐在我的身后，大聲地說著話。我非常芻氣，因?yàn)槲衣牪灰娧輪T在說

conversation!'什么.我回過頭去怒視著那一男一女，他們卻老不理會(huì)，最后，我忍不住了，又一

次回過頭去,生氣地說：“我一個(gè)字也聽不見了！”

“不關(guān)你的事，“那男的考不客氣地說，“這是私人間的談話！”

Newwordsandexpressions土詞和短語

privateadj.私人的

★L(fēng)esson2Breakfastorlunch?早餐還是午餐？

conversationn.談話

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

theatren.劇場(chǎng),戲院

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題.

seatn.座位

Whywas(hewriter'sauntsurprised?

playn.戲

ItwasSunday.InevergetupearlyonSundays.【sometimesstayinbeduntil

lunchtime.LastSundayIgotupveryEtc.Ilookedovtofthewindow.Itwasdark

loudlyadv.人聲地

outside.'Whataday!'Ithought.'It'sminingagain,'Justticn,thetelephonerang.Itwas

myuuntLucy.'I'vejustarrivedbytrain,'shesuid.'I'mearringtor；ceyou.'

angryadj.生氣的

ButI'mstillhavingbreakfast,'Isaid.

Whatareyoudoing?'sheasked.

I'mhavingbreakfast.'1repeated.★L(fēng)esson3Pleasesendmeacard請(qǐng)給我寄一張明信片

'Dearme.'shesaid.Doyoualwaysgetupsolate?It'soneo'clock!'Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

聽錄音，然后何答以下問題.

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語Ilownanycardsdidthewritersend?

untilprep.直到Postcardsalwaysspoilmyholidays.Lastsummer.IwenttoItaly.Ivisitedmuseums

andsatinpublicgardens.AfriendlywaitertaughtmeafewwordsofItalian.Thenhe

lentineabook.Ireadafewlines,butIdidnotunderstaidaword.EverydayIthought

outsideadv.外面

aboutpostcards.Myholidayspassedquickly,but1didnetsendcardstomyfriends.On

thelastday1madeabigdecision.1gotupearlyandboughtthirty-sevencards.Ispent

ringv.（鈴、電話等）響thewholedayinmyroom,butIdidnotwriteasinglecare!

auntn.姑，婦，如i.舅母

repeatv.重發(fā)Newwordsandexpressions土詞和短語

參考譯文sendv.寄.送

那是個(gè)星期天，而在星期天我是從來不早起的，有時(shí)或整一直躺到吃午飯的時(shí)postcardn.明信片

候。上個(gè)星期天,我起得很晚。我望望窗外,外面一?片昏暗。''鬼天氣！"我想?”又

下雨了?！闭谶@時(shí)，電話竹響了。是我姑母露西打來的。?我剛下火車，’'她說，“我spoilv.使索然無味，損壞

這就來看你?！?/p>

museumn.博物館

“但我還在吃早飯，“我說。

publicadj公共的

“你在干什么？“她問道。

friendlyadj.友好的

“我正在吃早飯，“我又說了一遍。

waitern.服務(wù)員，招待協(xié)

天啊她說,"你總是起得這么晚嗎？現(xiàn)在己經(jīng)I點(diǎn)鐘了!

lendv.借給Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

decisionn.決定excitingadj.令人興奮的

wholeadj.整個(gè)的receivev.接號(hào)收到

singleadj.唯一的，單一的firmn.前行，公司

參考譯文differentadj.不同的

明信片總攪得我假日不得安寧。去年更天，我去了意大利。我參觀了博物館，centren.中心

還去「公園。?位好客的服務(wù)員教/我?guī)拙湟獯罄Z，之后還借紿我?本書。我讀

了幾行，但一個(gè)字也不懂。我每天都想著明信片的事。假期過得真快，可我還沒有abroadadv.在國外

給我的朋友們寄過一張明信片.到了最后一天，我作出了一項(xiàng)重大決定.我早早起

「床，買來J'37張明信片。我在房間里關(guān)了整整一天。然而竟連一張明信片也沒參考譯文

寫成！

我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信，他正在澳大利亞,他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個(gè)月了。

蒂姆是個(gè)工程用.正在一家大公司工作,并且已經(jīng)去過澳大利亞的不少地方他

剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽華，現(xiàn)任去了澳大利業(yè)中部的小儂戈利斯斯普林斯。他不

★L(fēng)esson4Anexcitingtrip激動(dòng)人心的旅行久還耨到這達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。我弟勞以前從未出過國，因此，他

覺得這次旅行非常激動(dòng)人心.

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。

★L(fēng)esson5Nowrongnumbers無錯(cuò)號(hào)之度

WhyisTiirifindingthistripexciting?

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

1havejustreceivedaletterfrommybrother.Tim.HeisinAustralia.Hehasbeen

thereforsixmonths.Timisanengineer.Heisworkingforabigfirmandhehasalready

聽錄音，然后何答以下問題.

visitedagreatnumberofdifferentplacesinAustralia.Heha*justboughtanAustralian

carandhasgonetoAlicesprings,asmalltowninthecentreofAustralia.Hewillsoon

visitDarwin.Fromthere,hewillfly(oPerth.Mybrotherhasneverbeenabroadbefore,Whatdoes'Nowrongnumbers'mean?

soheisfendingthistripveryexciting.

Mr.JaniesScotthasagarageinSilburyandnowhehasjustboughtanothergarage

inPinhurst.PinhurstisonlyfivemilesfromSilbury.butMr.Scottcannotgetatelephone

forhisnewgarage,sohehasjustboughttwelvepigeons.Yesterday,apigeoncarriedthe

★L(fēng)esson7Toolate為時(shí)太晚airfieldn.K機(jī)起落的場(chǎng)地

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.guardn.警戒，守衛(wèi)

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。preciousadj.珍號(hào)的

Didthedetectivessavethediamonds?stonen.石子

Theplanewaslateanddetectiveswerewaitingattheairportallmorning.Theywere

sandn.沙子

expectingavaluableparcelofdiamondsfromSouthAfrica.Afewhoursearlier,someone

hadtoldthepolicethatthieveswouldiryiostealthediamonds.Whentheplanearrived,

someofthedetectiveswerewaitinginsidethemainbuildingwhileotherswerewaiting參考譯文

ontheairfield.TwomentooktheparcelofftheplaneandcarrieditintotheCustoms

House.Whiletwodetectiveswerekeepingguardatthedoor,twoothersopenedthe飛機(jī)誤點(diǎn)了,偵探們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)等了整整?上午。他們正期待從南非來的?個(gè)裝著

parcel.Totheirsurprise,thepreciousparcelwasfullofstonesandsand!估石的貨由包裹。數(shù)小時(shí)以前，有人向警方報(bào)告，說有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。當(dāng)飛

機(jī)到達(dá)時(shí)，一些偵探等候在主樓內(nèi)，另一些偵探則守候在停機(jī)坪上.有兩個(gè)人把包

爽點(diǎn)下飛機(jī),進(jìn)J'海關(guān)。這時(shí)兩個(gè)偵探把住門口，另外兩個(gè)偵探打開了包裹。令他

們吃驚的是，那珍貨的包裹里面裝的全是石頭和沙子！

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

detectiven.偵探

★L(fēng)esson8Thebestand(heworsl最好的和最差的

airportn.機(jī)場(chǎng)

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

expectv.期待，等待

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。

valuableadj.為重的

WhyisJoe'sgardenthemostbeautifuloneinthetown?

parceln.包裹

JoeSandershasthemostbeautifulgardeninourtown.Nearlyeverybodyentersfor

'TheNicestGardenCompetition'eachyear,butJoewinseverytime.BillFrith'sgardenis

diamondn.鉆石

largerthan.oc's.BillworksharderthanJoeandgrowsmoreflowersandvegetables,but

Joe'sgardcrismoreinteresting.Hehasmadeneatpathsandhasbuiltawoodenbridge

stealv.偷overapoolIlikegardenstoo.buiIdonotlikehardwork.EveryyearIenterforthe

gardencompetitiontoo,andIalwayswinalittleprizeforihcworstgardeninthetown!

mainadj.主要的

clockstopped.Tilebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothing

happened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted.'It'stwominute;pasttwelve!Theclockhas

stopped!'Ilookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.Thebigcloc<refusedtowelcometheNew

Newwordsandjxpressions主詞和短語

Year.Atthivmoment,everybodybegantolaughandsing.

compciilionn.比褰，競(jìng)賽

neatadj.整齊的.整潔的

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

pathn.小路，小徑

welcomen.歡迎：v.歡迎

woodenadj,木頭的

crowdn.人群

pooln.水池

gatherv.聚集

參考譯文

handn.i表或機(jī)器的)指針

介.桑錨?斯擁有我們鎮(zhèn)上最漂亮的花園,幾乎每個(gè)人都參加每年舉辦的??最佳花

shoutv.喊叫

園競(jìng)騫而每次都是喬獲勝.比爾?弗里斯的花園比喬的花園大，他比喬也更為勤

奮，種植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但喬的花園更富仃情趣。也修筑J'-■條條修潔的小

refusev.拒絕

路，并在一個(gè)池塘上架了一座小木橋。我也算歡花園，但我卻不愿意辛勤勞動(dòng)。每

年的花園競(jìng)賽我也參加，但總因是鎮(zhèn)上最劣的花園而獲得一個(gè)小獎(jiǎng)！

laughv.笑

參考譯文

★L(fēng)esson9Acoldwelcome冷遇

星期三的晚上，我們?nèi)チ耸姓d。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.政廳的大到下面0再過20分鐘,大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過去了，而就在II點(diǎn)

55分時(shí)，天鐘停那根巨大的分針不動(dòng)我們等啊等啊，可情況沒有變化。

聽錄音，然后回答以卜.問題。突然有人臟道：”已經(jīng)12點(diǎn)零2分了！那鐘已經(jīng)件了！“我看了一下我的手表，果

真如此.那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。此時(shí)，大家已經(jīng)笑了起來，同時(shí)唱起了歌.

Whaidocsacoldwelcome'referto?

OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.1(wastheIasidayoftheyear

andalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTbwnHallclock.Itwouldstrike★L(fēng)esson1()Notforjazz不適于演奏的士樂

twelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedand(hen.atfivetotwelve,the

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.allowv.允許，讓

聽錄音，甥后回答以下問題。touchV.觸摸

Whathappenedtotheclavichord?參考譯文

Wehaveanoldmusicalinsiniment.Itiscalledaclavichord.Itwasmadein我家有件古樂器，被稱作古鋼琴，是1681年德國造的。我們的這架古鋼琴存

GennanyinI6SI.Ourclavichordiskeptinihclivingroom.Ithasbelongedtoour放在起居室里。我們家有這件樂器已經(jīng)很久了，是我祖父在很多年以前買的，可

familyforalongtime.Theinstrumentwasboughtbymygrandfatheriiwnyyearsago.

它最近被一個(gè)客人弄壞了，因?yàn)樗盟鼇韽椬嗑羯蠘?她在擊琴鍵時(shí)用力過猛.損

Recenilyitwasdamagedbyavisitor.Shetriedtoplayjazzonit!Shestruckthekeystoo

hardandtwocfthestringswerebroken.Myfatherwasshocked.Nowwearenot壞r兩根號(hào)弦。我父親大為吃驚,不許我們?cè)賱?dòng)它。父親的?個(gè)朋友正在修理這件

allowedtotouchit.Itisbeingrepairedbyafriendofinyfather's.樂器：

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語★L(fēng)esson11Onegoodturndeservesanother禮尚往來

jazzn.修士雪■樂Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

musicaladj.首樂的聽錄音.然后回答以下問題.

instrumentn.樂器WhopaidforTony'sdinner?

IwashavingdinneratarestaurantwhenTonyStcdccamein.Tonyworkedina

clavichordn,古綱琴

lawyersoffccyearsago.butheisnowworkingatabank.Hegetsagoodsalary,buthe

alwaysborrjwsmoneyfromhisfriendsandneverpaysiiback.Tonysawincandcame

recentlyadv.5t近andsatatthesametable.Hehasneverborrowedmoneyfromme.Whilehewaseating,I

askedhimtolendmetwentypounds.Tomysurprise,hegavemethemoneyiminediately.

damagev.損壞'Ihaveneverborrowedanymoneyfromyou.'Tonysaid,'sonowyoucanpayforiny

dinner!"

keyn.號(hào)鍵

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短譜

stringn.（樂器的）弦

turnn.行為，舉止

shockv.使不悅或生氣，宸驚

deservev.應(yīng)得到，值得

lawyern.律師Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

bankn.f艮行l(wèi)uckn.運(yùn)氣，幸運(yùn)

salaryn.匚咨captainn.船長(zhǎng)

immediatelyadv.立刻sailv.航廳

參考譯文harbourn.港口

我正在一家飯館吃飯.托尼?斯蒂爾走了進(jìn)來，托尼曾在一家律師事務(wù)所工作，proudadj.自豪

而現(xiàn)在正在?家銀行上班。他的薪水很高，但他卻總是向田友借錢，并11從來不還。

托尼看見了我，就走過來和我坐到一張更子前,他從未向我借過錢。當(dāng)他吃飯時(shí)，importantadj.重要的

我提出向他信20英鎊.令我驚奇的是，他立刻把錢給了我.“我還從未向你借過錢,”

托尼說道，“所以現(xiàn)在你可以替我付飯錢/!”參考譯文

我們憑鄰居查爾斯.艾利森船長(zhǎng)明天就要從樸次茅斯啟航了.明天一大早我們將

在碼頭為他送行。他將乘坐他的“濤波賽''號(hào)小艇?！跋ㄙ悺碧?hào)是艘有名的小艇,它

★L(fēng)esson12Goodbyeandgoodluck再見，一路順風(fēng)已經(jīng)蘇次橫波大西洋。乂利森船長(zhǎng)將于8,點(diǎn)鐘后也，因此我NJ自允裕的時(shí)間。我們

將參觀他以船，然后和他告別，他要離開兩個(gè)月，我們真為他感到自豪，他耨參加

Firstlistenandlhenanswerthequestion.一次重大隹橫渡大西洋的比賽。

聽錄當(dāng)，盛后回答以下問題.

WhereisCaptainAlisongoingandhow?★L(fēng)esson13TheGreenwoodBoys綠林少年

Ourneighbour.CaptainCharlesAlison,willsailfromPortsmouthtomorrow.We'llFirstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

meethimattheharbourearlyinthemorning.Hewillbeinhissmallboat.Topsail.

Topsailisafamouslittleboat.IthassailedacrosstheAtknticmanytimes.Captain

聽錄音，然后何答以下問題.

Alisonwillsetoutateighto'clock,sowe'llhaveplentyoftine.We'llseehisboatand

thenwe'llsaygoodbyetohim.Hewillbeawayfortwomorths.Wearcveryproudof

him.Hewilltak:partinanimportantraceacrosstheAtlantic.Whywill(hepolicehaveadifficulttime?

TheGreenwoodBoysareagroupofpopsingers.Atpresent,theyarevisitingall

partsofthecountry.Theywillbearrivingheretomorrow.Theywillbecomingbytrain

andmostoftheyoungpeopleinthe(ownwillbemeetingthematthestation.Tomorrow

eveningtheywillbesingingattheWorkers'Club.TlieGreenwoodBoyswillbestayingDidtheyoungmanspeakEnglish?

forfivedays.Duringthistime,theywillgivefiveperformances.Asusual,thepolicewill

haveadifilcultlime.Theywillbetrjingtokeeporder.Itisalwaysthesameonthese1hadanamusingexperiencelastyear.After1hadleftasmallvillageinthesouthof

occasions.France.Idroveontothenexttown.Ontheway.ayoungmanwavedtome.Istopped

andheaskednwforalift.Assoonashehadgotintothecar.Isaidgoodmorningtohim

inFicnuliandlivimpliedintheMtmcIttiiguitgv.ApuiIfiuniitfewwoids,Idunv(knuw

anyFrenchatall.Neitherofusspokeduringthejourney.Ihadnearlyreachedthetown,