【正文】 pt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. It was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f i el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f lowed r i ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had t roubl e wi t h m otori sts. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car out side hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. It i s one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n m ot or ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 i s a sm al l Swi s aer opl ane cal l ed a 39。Pi l at us Port er 39。. Thi s wonderf ul pl ane can car ry seven passengers. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hi ng about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n the Wel sh mountai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, 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 nesm 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 did not t ake him be cause t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball 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 t he Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm 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 t he bank and t here wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n the boat , but he di d not hear t hem. The bal l st r uck him so har d that he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t here wer en39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By the end of t he war , the sm al wor kshop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Frank sm il ed when he r em em ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m t o r epai r t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt at i on t o st eal is gr eat er t han ever bef or eespeci al ly i n l ar ge shops. A detect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who al ways went i nt o a lar ge st or e on Monday m or nings. One Monday, t her e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an f ir st bought a few sm al l ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her a s quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out that he shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。 gave39。 her m ot her a fr ee dress once a wek ! 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 f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et ter fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st ati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycle had been f ound.