【正文】 fi r e. But som e tim e l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out t he f i re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi 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 hei r t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 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 t y, but ever si nce he m oved in, he has had t r ouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns hom e at ni ght, he al ways fi nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nt o his garage 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 fect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wil t ur n m ot or ists t o stone. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captai 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 ed a 39。Pi lat us Port er39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hing about i t, however, i s t hat i t can land anywher e: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f iel d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a l onel y vil lage i n the Wel sh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he lande d on the r oof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has j ust ref used a str ange request fr om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y isl and i n t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because 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 m y 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 t here wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, o ne of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l 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 t he 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 real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his exper i ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi nes pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. I t was his j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s a nd i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At that im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war , t he smal wor kshop had bee a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi l ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was stil l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r t heir son39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as they once wer e. The tempt at ion t o steal i s gr eat er t han ever bef ore especial y i n l ar ge shops. A det ect i ve r ecentl 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 the shop than usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er for t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew 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 aped it up f or her as quickl y as possi ble. Then t he woman 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 t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。 gave39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai 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 storm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and the gir l j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e ni ght i n t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she cover ed a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar r 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 sen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day lat er, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he