English

A private conversation
   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 the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attertion. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round round again.‘I can’t hear a word!’ I said angrily.
! B3 q# |) Z7 W( _' l0 J  ‘ It’s none of your business,’the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’

如果没有记错，这应该是出自《NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH》吧：）

<P>是的，英语基本都还给老师了，重新开始了！</P>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT size=4>Breakfast or lunch?</FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp; 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. It s raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. ‘I’ve just arrived by train,’ she said.‘ I’ m coming to see you .’</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;‘ But I’ m still having breakfast,’ I said.</P>
/ e: Z' b: }0 h5 Y<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;‘ What are you doing?’ she said.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;‘ I’ m having breakfast,&nbsp;’ I repeated.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;‘&nbsp; Dear me, ’she said.&nbsp;‘Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’ clock!&nbsp;’</P>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please send me a card</P>
* H2 }- k( S6 d$ Q! A* i% [4 T<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 a book. I read a few lines,but I did not understand a word.&nbsp;Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed&nbsp;quickly, but&nbsp; I&nbsp;did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early&nbsp; and bought thirty-seven cards.&nbsp;I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!&nbsp;</P>

<P><FONT size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An exciting trip</FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 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&nbsp;visit&nbsp;Darwin.&nbsp;From there,he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.&nbsp;</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT size=4>No wrong numbers </FONT></P>
, O6 ~- B4 D3 T4 N- ]: F<P>&nbsp; Mr.James Scott has garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pingurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr.Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Ywsterday, 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 telephone service.</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Percy Buttons</P>
" s1 f0 P5 m! I, P3 I3 ]3 U( {& J<P>&nbsp; I have just moved to a house in Bridge Stree. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this,&nbsp; 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 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 asks for a meal and a glass of beer.</P>

  Too late
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were 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 the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two thers opened the parcel. To their surprise,the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!