【正文】 r l jumped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly 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 the cl if fs. On ar ivi ng at he shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al the week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om the local pol ice. In t he let er he was asked to cal l at the st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he stati on yester day and now he is not worr ied any mor e. At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol ice man t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the poli cem an told him, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. I t i s now being sent t o his hom e by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was amused t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e to be found. I t was st olen t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t while ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a s hop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange r equest fr om a businesman. The ma n wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onely island i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Some chi ldr en wer e playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d a nd it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out to the man i n the boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el i nt o t he wat er. I tur ned to l ook at he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。t axi39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 I t39。 I answer ed. 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。about39。You39。l l soon lear n Engli sh! 39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es ar c not 39。 she asked. 39。I t 39。s al l ri ght ,39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , t hey told st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some t im e later i t be gan to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundl y. In t he mi ddl e of the night , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns home at night , he al ways f i nds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate . Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 is a smal l Swi ss aer opl ane cal led a 39。t any i n sight: t hey had al l run away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ling me about his experi 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 work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved money f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wentyei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong r oad to success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She wanted him to repair thei r son39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both