文档介绍：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 intere. 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。（精品文档请下载）
My brother has never been abroad before， so he is finding this trip very exciting。（精品文档请下载）
 
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 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 other urgent messages from one garage to the other。 In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service。（精品文档请下载）
 
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 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。（精品文档请下载）
 
Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond 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 detec