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lesson 5
no wrong number
mr.james scott has a garage in silbury and now he has jus bought anthor garage in pinhurst
pinhurst is only five miles form silbury but mr.scott cannot get a telephone for his new gerage so he has just bought twelve pigeons
yesterday a pigeon carried the first message form silbury to pinhust
the brid covered the distance in three minutes
up to know mr.scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent message form one garage to the other
in this way mr.scott has begun his own private telephone service
no wrong number
mr.james scott has a garage in silbury and now he has jus bought anthor garage in pinhurst
pinhurst is only five miles form silbury but mr.scott cannot get a telephone for his new gerage so he has just bought twelve pigeons
yesterday a pigeon carried the first message form silbury to pinhust
the brid covered the distance in three minutes
up to know mr.scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent message form one garage to the other
in this way mr.scott has begun his own private telephone service
姐才开始背，你的水平肯定相当厉害了 lesson6 percy buttons
i have just moved to a house in the bridge stree
yesterday a beggar knocked at my door he asked me for a meal and a glass of beer
in rutun for this he stood on his head and sang songs
i gave him a meal
then he eat food and drank the beer
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 stree once a month and aways ask for a meal and a glass of beer
i have just moved to a house in the bridge stree
yesterday a beggar knocked at my door he asked me for a meal and a glass of beer
in rutun for this he stood on his head and sang songs
i gave him a meal
then he eat food and drank the beer
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 stree once a month and aways ask for a meal and a glass of beer
lesson 7 too late did the detective save the diamonds?
the plane was late and the detective were waiting at the airport all morning
they were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond form south africa
a few hours earlier someone had told the police that thieives would try to steal the diamond
when the plane a arrived and some of the detective were waiting inside the main building whiel others were waiting on the airfield
two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into 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
the plane was late and the detective were waiting at the airport all morning
they were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond form south africa
a few hours earlier someone had told the police that thieives would try to steal the diamond
when the plane a arrived and some of the detective were waiting inside the main building whiel others were waiting on the airfield
two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into 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
why is joe is garden themost beautiful one in the town joe sander has the most garden in our town nearly every body enters for the nicest garden competition everyyear but joe wins every time bill frith ,s garden is lager than joe,s bill works heard than joe and grows more flowers and vegetables but joe garden is more interest he has made
a cold welcome
on wednesday evening we went to the town hall
it was the 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 noting happened
suddenly someone shouted
it is two minutes pass twelve the clock has stopped
i looked at my watch
it was true
the big clock rufused to welcom the new year
at that moment everybody began to laugh and sing
on wednesday evening we went to the town hall
it was the 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 noting happened
suddenly someone shouted
it is two minutes pass twelve the clock has stopped
i looked at my watch
it was true
the big clock rufused to welcom the new year
at that moment everybody began to laugh and sing
姐一直坚持着哈哈
