1、 Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话 Last week I 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
2、 the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. I cant hear a word! I said angrily. Its none of your business, the young man said rudely. This is a private conversation! New words and expressions 生词和短语 private adj. 私人的 conversati
3、on n. 谈话 theatre n. 剧场，戏院 seat n. 座位 play n. 戏 loudly adv. 大声地 angry adj. 生气的 angrily adv. 生气地 attention n. 注意 bear v. 容忍 business n. 事 rudely adv. 无礼地，粗鲁地 参考译文 上星期我去看戏。我的座位很好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。一青年男子与一青年 女子坐在我的身后，大声地说着话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。我回过头去 怒视着那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回过头去，生气地说：“我 一个字也听不见了！” “不关你的事
4、，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！” *沿此线折叠* 短文改错： Last week I went to a theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loud. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked the man
5、and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attentions. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. I cant hear a word! I said angrily. Its no of your business, the young man said rudely. This is a private conversation! Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐还是午餐？ It was Sunday. I never get up ea
6、rly 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 arrived by train, she said. Im coming to see you. But Im st
7、ill 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! New words and expressions 生词和短语 until prep. 直到 outside adv. 外面 ring v. （铃、电话等）响 aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母 repeat v. 重复 参考译文 那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一
8、直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个 星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气！”我想，“又下雨了。”正在这 时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。” “但我还在吃早饭，”我说。 “你在干什么？”她问道。 “我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。 “天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经 1 点钟了！” *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sunday. I sometimes stay in bed until the lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up ver
9、y late. I looked out of the window. It is dark outside. What a day! I thought. Its raining again. Just now, the telephone rung. It was my aunt Lucy. Ive just arrived on train, she said. Im coming to see you. But Im still having the breakfast, I said. What are you doing? she asked. Im having breakfas
10、t, I repeat. Dear you, she said. Do you always get up very late? Its one oclock! Lesson 3 Please send 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 in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me
11、 a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My 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 my room, but I did not w
12、rite a single card! New words and expressions 生词和短语 send v. 寄，送 postcard n. 明信片 spoil v. 使索然无味，损坏 museum n. 博物馆 public adj. 公共的 friendly adj. 友好的 waiter n. 服务员，招待员 lend v. 借给 decision n. 决定 whole adj. 整个的 single adj. 唯一的，单一的 参考译文 明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公 园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我
13、读了几行，但一个字 也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信 片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了 37 张明信片。我在房 间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！ *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 Postcard always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a little words of Italy. Then h
14、e lent me a book. I readed a few lines, and I did not understand any word. Everydays I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards from my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up so early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day of my ro
15、om, but I did not write a single card! Lesson 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 working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Austral
16、ia. 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. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending this trip very exciting. New words and expressions 生词和短语 exciting ad
17、j. 令人兴奋的 receive v. 接受，收到 firm n. 商行，公司 different adj. 不同的 centre n. 中心 abroad adv. 在国外 参考译文 我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了 6 个月了。蒂姆是个 工程师，正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利 亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达达尔文去，从那 里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。 *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 I have just received a letter to
18、my brother, Tim. He was in Australia. He has been here for six months. Tim is a engineer. He is working for big firm but he has already visited a great number of different place in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town at the centre of Australia.
19、 He will soon visit Darwin. From there, she will fly Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very excited. Lesson 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
20、 Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. 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 othe
21、r urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service. New words and expressions 生词和短语 pigeon n. 鸽子 message n. 信息 cover v. 越过 distance n. 距离 request n. 要求，请求 spare part 备件 service n. 业务，服务 参考译文 詹姆斯.斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部，现在他刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽 车修理部。平赫特离锡尔伯里
22、只有 5 英里，但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部 搞到一部电话机，所以他买了只鸽子。昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫特带到锡尔伯里。 这只鸟只用了 3 分钟就飞完了全程。 到目前为止， 斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发 送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件。就这样，他开始自己的私人“电话”业务。 *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another one garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst are only five miles from
23、Silbury, and Mr. Scott could not get a telephone with his new garage, so she has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered a distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spared parts and the o
24、ther urgently messages from one garage to another. On this way, he has begun his own private telephone services. Lesson 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 beg
25、gar 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 cheese 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 a
26、sks for a meal and a glass of beer. New words and expressions 生词和短语 beggar n. 乞丐 food n. 食物 pocket n. 衣服口袋 call v. 拜访，光顾 参考译文 我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。 昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门， 问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。 作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。我给了他一顿饭。他把食物吃完，又喝 了酒。 然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。 后来， 一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。 大家都认识他， 他叫珀西.巴顿斯。他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次，总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤 酒。 *
27、沿此线折叠* 短文改错 I just moved a house in the Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked my door. He asked me a meal and a glass of beer. In return of this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him the meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and
28、went away. Lately a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knew him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls every house in the street for once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They w
29、ere expecting 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 waiting on the airfield. Two men took t
30、he parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! New words and expressions 生词和短语 detective n. 侦探 airport n. 机场 expect v. 期待，等待 valuable
31、 adj. 贵重的 parcel n. 包裹 diamond n. 钻石 steal v. 偷 main adj. 主要的 airfield n. 飞机起落的场地 guard n. 警戒，守卫 precious adj. 珍贵的 stone n. 石子 sand n. 沙子 参考译文 飞机误点了， 侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。 他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵 重包裹。数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦 探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。这 时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的
32、包裹里面装的 全是石头和沙子！ *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all the morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from the South Africa. A few hours early, someone told the police that the thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, som
33、e of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting in the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it in the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping a guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To his surprising, the precious parcel
34、was full of stones and sands! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more
35、 flowers and vegetables, but Joes garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town! New wo
36、rds and expressions 生词和短语 competition n. 比赛，竞赛 neat adj. 整齐的，整洁的 path n. 小路，小径 wooden adj. 木头的 pool n. 水池 参考译文 乔.桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。几乎每个人都参加每年举办的“最佳花园竞赛”， 而每次都是乔获胜。比尔.弗里斯的花园比乔的花园大，他比乔也更为勤奋，种植的花卉和 蔬菜也更多，但乔的花园更富有情趣。他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，并在一个池塘上架了一 座小木桥。我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。每年的花园竞赛我也参加，但总因是镇 上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖！ *沿此线折叠* 短文
37、改错 Joe Sanders has a most beautiful garden in his town. Nearly everybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition for each year, and Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetable, but Joes garden is interesting. He has ma
38、de neat paths and has built a wood bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter the garden competition too, and I always win little prize for the worst garden of the town! Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the
39、 last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someo
40、ne shouted. Its two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped! 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. New words and expressions 生词和短语 welcome n. 欢迎；v. 欢迎 crowd n. 人群 gather v. 聚集 hand n. （表或机器的）指针 shout v.
41、 喊叫 refuse v. 拒绝 laugh v. 笑 参考译文 星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。 那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大 钟下面。再过 20 分钟，大钟将敲响 12 下。15 分钟过去了，而就在 11 点 55 分时，大钟停 了。那根巨大的分针不动了。 我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。突然有人喊道：“已经 12 点零 2 分了！ 那钟已经停了！ ”我看了一下我的手表， 果真如此。 那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。 此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。 *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 In Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It w
42、as the last day of the year and a large crowded people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and then on, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, and nothing happened. Sudden
43、ly everyone shouted. Its two minutes to twelve! The clock has stopped! I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At this moment, somebody began to laugh and sing. Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士乐 We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It
44、was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It 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 w
45、ere broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my fathers. New words and expressions 生词和短语 jazz n. 爵士音乐 musical adj. 音乐的 instrument n. 乐器 clavichord n. 古钢琴 recently adv. 最近 damage v. 损坏 key n. 琴键 string n. （乐器的）弦 shock v. 使不悦或生气，震惊 allow v.
46、 允许，让 touch v. 触摸 参考译文 我家有件古乐器，被称作古钢琴，是 1681 年德国造的。我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居 室里。我们家有这件乐器已经很久了， 是我祖父在很多年以前买的。可它最近被一个客人 弄坏了，因为她用它来弹奏爵士乐。她在击琴键时用力过猛，损坏了两根琴弦。我父亲大为 吃惊，不许我们再动它。父亲的一个朋友正在修理这件乐器。 *沿此线折叠* 短文改错 We have a old music instrument. It is called clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years before. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play
