【正文】 he Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e 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 i n the boat , but he di d not hear them. The bal l st r uck him so har d that he nearl y f el l int o t he wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t her e wer en39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dre n 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 s hop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of his own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used t o m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al wor k shop 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 smil ed when he r em em ber ed his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door ope ned and his wi f e cam e in. She want ed him t o repair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tem pt at i on t o steal is gr eat er t han ever bef or eespeci al y i n l ar ge shops. A detect i ve recentl y wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who al ways went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a few sm al l ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n the shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat he shop asistant was her daught er. The gir l39。 gave39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l eson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef ore t he gi rl was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shore, the gir l st r uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she remembered. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old him , t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he he ar d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat f or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eve s wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Short l y af t er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng to swim acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim mer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her i n a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y a s she swim s t he l ong distance to Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be E