【正文】 only seven, but she al ways t el s m e whether m y pict ur es ar e good or not. She came i nt o m y room yest erday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ct ur e on t he wal, 39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical y f or a m om ent.39。 It 39。s al l ri ght,39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it ups ide down ?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up t heir tent i n t he mi ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi r e. They wer e al l hungr y and the food smelt good. Aft er a wonderf ul meal, t hey told stori es and sang songs by t he cam p f ir e. But som e t ime l at er it began t o rain. The boys felt ti red so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r t ent. Thei r sleepi ng bags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundly. I n the m iddl e of t he ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul of wat er ! They al l eapt out of thei r sleepi ngbags and hurri ed outside. It was raining heavi ly and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed in t he fi el d. The str eam wound i ts way across t he fi el d and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel ieves in ancient m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever since he m oved in, he has had t roubl e wi th motori st s. when he returns home at ni ght, he al ways f inds t hat som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Becaus e of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Parking39。 signs out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over t he gat e. It is one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l turn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 is a sm al Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。Pi l at us Por ter39。. Thi s wonder ful pl ane can car y seven passengers. The most sur pr isng thing about it , however, is t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f irst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew fr om Bi rmi ngham to a l onel y vi l age in t he Welsh m ountains. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has fl own passengers t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on the roof of a bl ock of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a desert ed car park. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust refused a st range r equest f rom a busi nesm an. The man want ed t o f ly t o Rockal , a l onely i sland in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al ri ver t hat cut s acr oss t he park near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f ine af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and ther e wer e some peopl e rowing on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he chi ldren kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owar ds apassi ng boat. Som e peopl e on t he bank cal led out to t he man i n t he 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 the wat er. I t ur ned to l ook at t he chi ldren, but t here weren39。t any in si ght: t hey had al run away! The man l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldren and t hr ew t he bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Suces st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Frank Hawkins was tel ing m e about his exper iences as a young m an. Fr ank is now the head of aver y large busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al shop. I t was hi s job to r epai r bi cycl es and at that t ime he used t o wor k fourteen hours a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal workshop of hi s own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s for aeropl anes. At hat tim e he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of the war , t he smal wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundred and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smil ed when he r emember ed his har d ear ly years and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was ti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted hi m t o repair t heir son39。s bicycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as they once were. The tem ptat i on t o steal i s gr eater t han ever bef or eespeci al y in l ar ge shops. A detecti ve recent ly watched a wel l dr esed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, t her e wer e f ewer peopl e in 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 t o wat ch her . The wom an f ir st bought a few sm al l art icles. Aft er a li tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dreses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asistant who wrapped it up f or her as qui ckly as possi bl e. Then t he wom an simply t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he detecti ve found out t hat he shop assi stant was her daught er. The gi rl39。 gave39。 her m ot her a f ree dres once a week ! l esson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed bef or e t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to 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. Towar ds evening, t he boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j um ped into t he sea. Then she sw