【正文】 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 l ike sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f ine aft er noons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e s om e people r owi ng on the r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr 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 l y fel i nt o t he water. I t urned t o look at the chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal 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 st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day aft er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s j ob t o 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 money f or year s and 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 par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim 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 remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road 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 to r epai r t heir son39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made 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 f ewer 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 art icl es. Aft er a li tl e t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n t he shop and handed it t o an assi stant who wr apped it up for her as qui ckl y as possi ble. Then the wom an sim pl y t ook t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he detect i ve f ound out t hat t he shop assi stant 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 abl e t o explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon 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 st r uck a rock 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 that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi l es. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She kne w she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, the gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she found her sel f i n 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 recei ved a let er fr om t he local poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked t o cal at the stati 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 cycl e 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 f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing 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 dr ove t he bus st rai ght at he t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi le t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped hi s bus and tel ephoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en were ar rested. 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 in t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She is a st r ong swim mer and m any peopl e feel that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s f at her wil l set out wit h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daught er f or year s. Tomorr ow he wil l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ti ng f or