【正文】 y of ti me. We shal l see hi s boat and then we shal say goodbye t o him . He wil l be away for t wo months. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t i n an i mport ant r ace across the At lanti c. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr enwood Boys are a gr oup of popular singers. At present , t hey ar e visi ting al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l be ar ri vi ng here t omorr ow. They wil l be i ng by tr ain and m ost of the young peopl e in t he town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stati on. Tom or r ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at the Workers39。 Club. The Gr enwood Boys wi l be staying f or fi ve days. Dur ing this t im e, t hey wi l l gi ve fi ve per for mances. As usual, t he pol ice wi l have a dif fi cul t ti me. They wi l be t ryi ng to keep order . I t is al ways t he sam e on these occasi ons. Leson 14 Do you speak Engl i sh? 你會講英語嗎？ I had an amusi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had left a smal l vi l age i n t he south of Fr ance, I drove on to the next t own. On t he way, a young man waved to me. I st opped and he asked me for a l if t. As soon as he had got int o the car, I said good mor ning t o him in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n t he same l anguage. Apar t f r om a f ew wor ds, I do not know any French at al . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j ourney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly sai d, very sl owly, 39。 I said in a weak voice. 39。100 a year ! Leson 16 A pol it e request 彬彬有禮 的要求 I f you par k your car i n the wr ong place, a t raf fi c poli ceman wi l soon fi nd it . You wi l be very l ucky i f he let s you go wit hout a t icket. However , thi s does not al ways happen. Tr af ic poli ce are someti mes ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day in Sweden, I f ound this not e on my car: 39。 leson18 He of ten does t his! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af ter I had had l unch at a vi lage i nn, I l ooked f or m y bag. I had lef t it on a chair besi de the door and now it wasn39。Yes, t hank you,39。t got m y bag. 39。 he sai d 39。 I said. 39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。ve sold out ,39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。Could I have t hose t wo t i cket s please ?39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。You must gi ve up f is hi ng!39。 But t hey don39。50 and I f el t ver y upset .39。s not t her e now.39。 he said. He start ed to pl ain about t his wi cked wor ld but was i nter upted by a knock at t he door . A gi rl came in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It contained amp。 she said. 39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英 語 嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ation was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I did not know t he way to my hotel , so I asked a por ter . I not only spoke Engl ish very car ef ull y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter , however, coul d not under st and m e。You39。about39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It 39。t it upsi de down ?39。t axi39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man want ed to fl y to Rocka l , a lonely i sl and in t he At lantic Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the tr ip was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f ine af te r noons. I t was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e we re some people r owing on the r iver. Suddenly, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very hard and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el int o the wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。 her m ot her a fr e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased befor e the gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ternoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and the gir l jum ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng the whole ni ght i n t he water. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, the gir l st ruggled up t he cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er fr om t he local pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked to cal at the stat ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by the pol ice, but he went t o t he st at ion yesterday and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st ation, he was tol d by a smi li ng pol iceman that his bi cycle had been found. Five days ago, the poli ceman t old hi m, the bi cycle was pi cked up in a smal l vi l age f our hundred m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bicycl e to be found. I t was st olen t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op thi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not regr et ted i t. He i s fi nding his new work far more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat for d Str eet r ecent