1 A private conversation 1 2 Breakfast or lunch? 6 3 Please send me a card 12 4 An exciting trip 19 5 No wrong numbers 25 6 Percy Buttons 32 7 Too late 38 8 The best and the worst 45 9 A cold welcome 53 10 Not for jazz60 11 One good turn deserves another 67 12 Goodbye and good luck 73 13 The Greenwood Boys 80 14 Do you speak English? 86 15 Good news 94 16 A polite request 101 17 Always young 108 18 He often does this! 115 19 Sold out 120 20 One man in a boat 126 21 Mad or not? 134 22 A glass envelope 140 23 A new house 151 24 It could be worse 157 25 Do the English speak English? 161 26 The best art critics 167 27 A wet night 172 28 No parking! 179 29 Taxi! 190 30 Football or polo? 196 31 Success story 203 32 Shopping made easy 209 33 Out of the darkness 216 34 Quick work 224 35 Stop thief! 230 36 Across the Channel 235 37 The Olympic Games 243 38 Everything except the weather 250 39 Am I all right? 259 40 Food and talk 264 41 Do you call that a hat? 270 42 Not very musical 276 43 Over the South Pole 283 44 Through the forest 291 45 A clear conscience 299 46 Expensive and uncom fortable 306 47 A thirsty ghost 320 48 Did you want to tell me something? 327 49 The end of a dream 330 50 Taken for a ride 347 51 Reward for virtue 355 52 A pretty carpet 361 53 Hot snake 367 54 Sticky fingers 374 55 Not a gold mine 380 56 Faster than sound! 387 57 Can I help you, madam? 393 58 A blessing in disguise? 401 59 In or out? 409 60 The future 415 61 Trouble with the Hubble 420 62 After the fire 430 63 She was not amused 438 64 The Channel Tunnel 444 65 Jumbo versus the police 450 66 Sweet as honey! 459 67 Volcanoes 468 68 Persistent 475 69 But not murder! 483 70 Red for danger 490 71 A famous clock 503 72 A car called Bluebird 507 73 The recordholder 511 74 Out of the limelight 516 75 SOS 521 76 April Fools’ Day 526 77 A successful operation 533 78 The last one? 544 79 By air 550 80 The Crystal Palace 555 81 Escape 561 82 Monster or fish? 567 83 After the elections 574 84 On strike 580 85 Never too old to learn 586 86 Out of control 594 87 A perfect alibi 600 88 Trapped in a mine 607 89 A slip of the tongue 618 90 What’s for supper? 626 91 Three men in a basket 633 92 Asking for trouble 639 93 A noble gift 647 94 Future champions 655 95 A fantasy 662 96 The dead return 668 課文重點索引 674 語法索引 686