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1、Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚The p I ane was late and detectives were wai t ing at the ai rpor tal I morning.They were expecting a valuable parcel ofd i amond from South A frica.A few hours ear I ie r,someone hadtold the pol ice that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of th

2、e detectives were waitinginside the main building while others were waiting on thea irfie ld.Two men took the parcel o ff the plane and carriedi t into the Customs House.W h i I e two detectives were keep i ngguard at the door,two others opened the parcel.To theirsurprise,the precious parcel was fu

3、lI of stones and sand!Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beaut i ful garden in our town.Near Iyeverybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition eachyear,but Joe wins every time.Bi 1 1 F rith s garden is largerthan Joe1 s.Bi 1 1 works harder than Joe and grows more flow

4、ersand vegetables,but Joes garden is more interesting.He hasmade neat paths and has b u ilt a wooden bridge over a pool.I I ike gardens too,but I do not I ike hard work.Every yearI enter for the garden compet i t ion too,and I a I ways win alit t le prize for the worst garden in the town!Lesson 10 N

5、ot for ja z z不适于演奏爵士乐W e have an old musical instrument.It is called aclavichord（翼 琴）.11 was made in Germany in 1681.Ourclavichord is kept in the I iving-room.11 has be I ong to ourfam ily for a long time.The instrument was bought by mygrandfather many years ago.Recently it was damaged by av is ito

6、r.She trie d to play jazz on i t!She struck the keystoo hard and two of the strings were broken.My father wasshocked.Now we are not al lowed to touch i t.11 is beingrepaired by a friend of my fathers.Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 绿林少年The Greenwood Boys are a group of popu I ar singers.At present,they

7、 are v is itin g al I parts of the country.They wi11 bea rrivin g here tomorrow.They w ill be com i ng by train and mostof the youngpeopIe in the town wi 1 1 be meeting them at the station.Tomorrow evening they wi 1 1 be singing at the Workers Club.The Greenwood Boys w i 1 1 be staying for five days

8、.During thistime,they wi 1 1 g i ve f i ve performances.As usual,the policewi 1 1 have a di ff icu11 time.They wi 1 1 be trying to keep order.11 is a I ways the same on these occasions.Lesson 14 Do you speak Eng I i sh?你会讲英语吗？I had an amusing exper ience last year.After I had le ft asma II v i 1 1 a

9、ge in the south of France,I drove on to the nexttown.On the way,a young man waved to me.I stopped and heasked me for a l i f t.As soon as he had got into the car,Isaid good morning to him in French and he repl ied in the sameIanguage.Apart from a few words,I do not know any Frenchat al I.Neither of

10、us spoke during the journey.I had nearlyreached the town,when the young man suddenly said,veryslowly,Do you speak Eng Ii sh?1 As I soon lea rnt,he wasEng Iish him seIf!Lesson 16 A p o lite request 彬彬有礼的要求I f you park your car in the wrong p I ace,a tra ffic pol i cemanwi 1 1 soon find i t.You wi11 b

11、e very lucky i f he lets you gowi thout a tic k e t.However,th is does not a I ways happen.T ra ffic police are sometimes very p o lite.During a hoi idayi n Sweden,I found th is note on my car：S ir,we we I come youto our c ity.This is a No Parking area.You wi 1 1 enjoy yourstay here if you pay atten

12、tion to our street signs.This notei s on I y a reminder.1 If you receive a request like this,youcannot faiI to obey i t!Lesson20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟Fishing is m y favour i te sport.I often fish for hours wi thoutcatching anything.But this does not worry me.Somefishermen are unlucky.Instead of cat

13、ching fish,they catchold boots and rubbish.I am even less Iucky.I never catchanything-not even old boots.After having spent wholemornings on the river,I a I ways go home wi th an empty bag.You must give up fish in g!1 m y fr iends say.1 11s a wasteof time.But they dont real ize one important thing.I

14、mnot really interested in fishing.I am only interested insittin g in a boat and doing nothing at al I!Lesson21 Mad or n o t?是不是疯了？Aeroplanes are slowly dr iving m e mad.I I ive near an airportand passing pIanes can be heard night and day.The airportwas built dur ing the war,but for some reason i t c

15、ould notbe used then.Last year,however,it came into use.Over ahundred peopIe must have been driven away from their homesby the noise.I am one of the few peopIe le ft.Sometimes Ithink th is house wi 1 1 be knocked down by a passing pIane.I have been offered a large sum of money to go away,but Iam det

16、ermined to stay here.Everybody says I must be mad andthey are probably rig h t.I esson25 Do the Eng I i sh speak Eng I i s h?英国人讲的是英语吗？I arrived in London at la s t.The rai I way station was big,black and dark.I did not know the way to my h o te l,so I askeda p o rte r.I not only spoke Engl ish very

17、 careful ly,but veryclearly as w e lI.The p o rte r,however,could not understandme；I repeated my question several times and at last heunderstood.He answered me,but he spoke neither slowly norclea rly.11 am a foreigner,1 I said.Then he spoke slowly,but I could not understand him.My teacher never spok

18、eEng I i sh I ike th a t!The porter and I I ooked at each other andsmiled.Then he said something and I understood i t.You 1 1soon learn Engl is h!1 he said.I wonder.I n Eng I and,each manspeaks a d iffe re n t Ianguage.The Eng Ii sh understand eachother,but I dont understand them!Do they speak Engl

19、ish?Lesson28 No parking 禁止停车Jasper White is one of those rare peopIe who be Ii eves inancient myths.He has just bought a new house in the c ity,but ever since he moved in,he has had trouble wi th motor ists.when he returns home at night,he a I ways finds that someonehas parked a car outside his gate

20、.Because of th is,he hasnot been able to get his own car into his garage even once.Jasper has put up No Parking1 signs outside his gate,butthese have not had any e ffe c t.Now he has put an ugly stonehead over the gate.It is one of the ugl iest faces I haveever seen.I asked him what it was and he to

21、ld me that itwas Medusa,the Gorgon.Jasper hopes that she wi11 turnm otorists to stone.But none of them has been turned to stoney e t!Lesson29 Taxi!出租汽车！Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has beguna new service.The ta x i1 is a smal I Swiss aeroplane calleda P ilatus P orter1.This won

22、derful plane can carry sevenpassengers.The most surprising thing about i t,however,isthat it can land anywhere：on snow,water,or even on aploughed fie ld.Captain Fawcetts fir s t passenger was adoctor who flew from Bi rmingham to a lonely v i 1 1 age in theWelsh mountains.Since then,Captain Fawcett h

23、as flownpassengers to many unusual p I aces.Once he I anded on the roofof a block of fla ts and on another occasion,he landed ina deserted car park.Captain Fawcett has just refused astrange request from a businessman.The man wanted to flyto Rocka11,a lonely island in the A tla n tic Ocean,butCaptain

24、 Fawcett did not take him because the tr ip was toodangerous.Lesson32 Shopp i ng made easy 购物变得很方便PeopIe are not so honest as they once were.The temptationto steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in largeshops.A detective recent I y watched a we 11-dressed woman whoalways went into a large sto

25、re on Monday mornings.One Monday,there were fewer peopIe in the shop than usual when the womancame in,so it was easier for the detective to watch her.The woman f i rst bought a few smal I a rtic le s.After a lit t letime,she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shopand handed it to an assi

26、stant who wrapped it up for her asquickly as possible.Then the woman simply took the parceland walked out of the shop without paying.When she wasarrested,the detective found out that the shop-assistantwas her daughter.The g ir l gave her mother a free dressonce a week!Lesson36 Across the Channe I 横渡

27、海峡Erna Hart is going to swim across the Engl ish Channeltomorrow.She is going to set out from the French coast atfive o1 c I ock in the morning.Erna i s on I y fourteen years oldand she hopes Io set up a new world record.She is a strongswimmer and many peopIe feel that she is sure to succeed.Ernas f

28、ather wi 1 1 set out wi th her in a smal I boat.Mr Harthas trained his daughter for years.Tomorrow he wi11 bewatching her anxiously as she swims the long distance toEngland.Erna intends to take short rests every two hours.She wi11 have something to drink but she wi 1 1 not eat anysolid food.Most of

29、Ernas school friends w ill be waitingfor her on the Eng I i sh coast.Among them wi11 be Ernasmother,who swam the ChanneI herself when she was a g ir l.Lesson37 The 0 1 ymp i c Games 奥林匹克运动会The 0 1ympic Games wi 1 1 be held in our country in four yearstime.As a great many peopIe wi11 be v is itin g t

30、he country,the government wi 1 1 be building new hotels,an i mmensestadium,and a f ine new swimming pool.They wi11 also bebuilding new roads and a spec i a I railway-1ine.The Gameswi 1 1 be held just outside the capital and the whole area wi 1 1be called Olympic C ity.Workers wi 1 1 have completed t

31、henew roads by the end of th is year.By the end of next year,they wi 1 1 have f i n i shed work on the new stadium.The finemodern buiIdings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.Everybody wi 1 1 be watching anxiously as the new buildingsgo up.W e are al I very excited and are Iooking forward tothe 0 1ym

32、pic Games because they have never been held beforein th is country.Lesson38 Everything except the weather 惟独没有考虑到天气My old f r lend,Harrison,had I i ved in the Mediterranean formany years before he returned to England.He had oftendreamed of ret i r ing in Eng land and had p I anned to se ttle downin

33、the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought afine house and went to Iive there.Almost immediately hebegan to comp lain about the weather,for even though i t wass t ill summer,it rained continual ly and it was oftenb itte rly cold.After so many years of sunshine,Harrison gota shock.He acted

34、as i f he had never I ived in England before.In the end,it was more than he could bear.He had hardlyhad time to se ttle down when he sold the house and le ft thecountry.The dream he had had for so many years ended there.Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.Lesson39 Am I a ll rig h t

35、?我是否痊愈？While John G ilbert was in h osp ital,he asked his doctor totel I him whether his operation had been successful,but thedoctor refused to do so.The follow ing day,the patient askedfor a bedside telephone.When he was alone,he telephonedthe hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Mi 1 1 ington.Wh

36、enthe doctor answered the phone,Mr G ilbert said he wasinquiring about a certain p a tie n t,a Mr John G ilbert.Heasked i f Mr G ilb e rts operat ion had been successful and thedoctor told him that it had been.He then asked when MrG ilbert would be al lowed to go home and the doctor told himthat he

37、wou I d have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.Then Dr M ill ington asked the caller if he was a rela tive ofthe p a tie n t.1 No,1 the patient answered,1 I am Mr JohnG ilb e rt.,Lesson40 Food and talk 进餐与交谈Last week at a dinner-party,the hostess asked me to si t nextto Mrs RumboId.Mrs Rumbo

38、ld was a large,unsmi I ing lady ina tig h t black dress.She did not even look up when I tookmy seat beside her.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and ina short time,she was busy eating.I trie d to makeconversation.1 A new play is coming to The Globe soon,1 I said.W illyou be seeing i t?1 1 No,she answ

39、ered.Wi 1 1 you be spendingyour ho I i days abroad th is year?I asked.1 No,1 sheanswered.1 Wi 1 1 you be staying in Eng I and?1 I asked.1 No,1 sheanswered.In despair,I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.1 Young man,1 she answered,1 i f you ate more and talked less,we would both enjoy our

40、dinner!1y h a ts,1 she answered.Ten minutes later we waIked out of the shop together.My wifewas wear ing a hat that Iooked I ike a Iighthouse!Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飞越南极In 1929,three years after his flig h t over the North Pole,the Amer ican explorer,R.E.Byrd,successfully flew overthe South Po

41、le for the fir s t time.Though,at fir s t,Byrdand his men were able to take a great many photographs ofthe mountains that lay below,they soon ran into serioustrouble.At one p o in t,it seemed certain that their planewould crash.It could only get over the mountains if it roseto 10,000 fe e t.Byrd at

42、once ordered his men to throw outtwo heavy food sacks.The plane was then able to rise andi t cleared the mountains by 400 fe e t.Byrd now knew that hewould be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 milesaway,for there were no more mountains in s ig h t.The a irc ra ftwas able to fly over the end

43、less white plains withoutd iffic u lty.Lesson45 A clear conscience 问心无愧The whole vi 1 1 age soon learnt that a large sum of money hadbeen lo s t.Sam Benton,the local butcher,had lost his waI letwhile taking his savings to the post-office.Sam was surethat the w allet must have been found by one of th

44、e vi I lagers,but i t was not returned to him.Three months passed,and thenone morning,Sam found his w allet outside his front door.11 had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained halfthe money he had lo s t,together with a note which said：Ath ie f,yes,but on I y 5o per cent a th ie f!1 Two mont

45、hs la te r,some more money was sent to Sam with another note：1 Only 25per cent a th ie f now!1 In time,a ll Sam1 s money was paid backin th is way.The last note said：I am 100 per cent honestnow!1Lesson47 A th irs ty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂A pub I ic house which was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompsonis up for sa

46、le.Mr Thompson is going to sell it because itis haunted.He told me that he could not go to sleep one nightbecause he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.Thenext morning,he found that the doors had been bIocked bychairs and the fu rniture had been moved.Though Mr Thompsonhad turned the I ights

47、o ff before he went to bed,they wereon in the morning.He a I so sa i d that he had found five emptywhisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the nightbefore.When I suggested that some vi I lagers must have comein for a free dr ink,Mr Thompson shook his head.Thev iI lagers have told him that the

48、y wi 1 1 not accept the inneven if he gives it away.Lesson48 Did you want to tel I me something?你想对我说什么吗？Dentists always ask questions when it is impossibIe for youto answer.My dentist had just pulled out one of my teethand had told me to rest for a whi Ie.I tr ied to say something,but my mouth was

49、fu lI of cotton-wool.He knew I collectedbirds eggs and asked me whether my col lection was growing.He then asked me how my brother was and whether I I iked mynew job in London.In answer to these questions I eithernodded or made strange noises.Meanwhi Ie,my tongue was busysearching out the hole where

50、 the tooth had been.I sudden I yfe lt very worried,but could not say anything.When thedentist at last removed the cotton-wool from my mouth,I wasable to tel I him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.Lesson49 The end of a dream 美梦告终Tired of sleeping on the flo o r,a young man in Teheran savedup fo