【正文】 The Wayl e is a smal r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayle on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Som e chi ldr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e rowi 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 people 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 str uck hi m so har d t hat he near ly f el i nt o t he wat er. I t ur ned t o l ook at he chil dr en, but t her e weren39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal l ed out t o the 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 erday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences 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 in a sm al l shop. It was hi s j ob 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 m oney 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 spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By the end of t he war , the smal wor kshop had be e a l arge f act ory whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y eight peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y year s and t he l ong r oad to success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping 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 ati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or e especi al l y in l ar ge shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it l e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t t o an assistant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he 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 daughter. The gi rl39。 gave39。 her m ot 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 pased 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 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. Then 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 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 t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When s he 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 Robinson has been wor r ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he local poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he is not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was tol 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 ol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be found. I t was st olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to 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 work f ar m or e excit i ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Cat f or d St reet r e centl y, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ng car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi t h t he m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng to get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi l e t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he c ar and bot h m en wer e ar r ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na is onl y f ourt een year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d record. She is a st rong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e to succed. Erna39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long di st ance t o Engl and. Er na int ends t o take shor t rest s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。s school f ri ends wil be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong the