【正文】 ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient m yt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he t ol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。t axi39。 i s a sm al l Swiss aeroplane cal l ed a 39。Pi l at us Port er 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passengers. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f iel d. Captai n Fawcet 39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on t he r oof of a bl ock of f lats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and i n t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an in t he boat , but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he nearl y f el i nto t he wa ter. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght : they had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out t o t he chi l dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at hat t im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had be e a lar ge f act or y whi ch empl oyed seven hundred and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi f e came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em ptati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when t he wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al l art icles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in t he shop and handed i t t o an assistant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possi ble. Then t he wom an sim pl y t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。 gave39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. The n she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng that im e she covered a di st ance of ei ght m i l es. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s . On ar iving at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f unl ucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess lucky. I never cat ch anythi ng not even old boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。You must give up fi shing! 39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。 I t39。s a waste of ti me.39。 But they don39。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , b