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. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he received a l et ter f rom t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he l et ter he was asked to cal l at t he stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the pol ice, but he went t o the st at ion yest er day and now he is not worri ed any m or e. At the st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman told him, t he bi cycle was pi cked up i n a smal l vi l age four hundred mil es away. It is now bei ng sent t o hi s home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was t olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Lesson35 St op thief! 捉賊! Rov Tr enton used to dri ve a t axi. A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e excit ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat ford Str eet recent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ng car. One of them was car rying a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted qui ckly and dr ove the bus st r ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e t ryi ng t o get away i n thei r car, Roy dr ove his bus i nt o t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The thieves39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bi rmi ngham t o a lonel y vil lage i n the Welsh m ountains. Since t he n, Capt ai n Fawcet has f lown passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a bl ock of f lats and on another occa si on, he l anded i n a desert ed car par k. 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. Leson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球? The Wayl e is asm al r iver t hat cuts acr oss t he park near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the ri ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e pl aying game s on t he bank and t her e were som e people r owi ng on t he ri ver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal l very har d and it we nt t owards a pasi ng boat. Som e people on the bank cal ed out t o the m an i n the boat , but he did not hear t hem. The bal st r uck him so hard t hat he nearl y fel i nt o t he water. I turned t o look at the chil dr en, but there wer en39。t axi39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 It39。 I answer ed. 39。What ar e you doi ng ?39。about39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ur es arc not 39。 she asked. 39。I t39。s al ri ght ,39。 I l ooked at it again. She was r ight ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent in t he mi ddle of a f ield. As oon as this was done, they cooked a m eal over an open fir e. They were al hungr y and t he f ood sm elt good. Af ter a wonder ful m eal, they t ol d st or ies and sang songs by the cam p fi re. But som e tim e l at er i t began to r ai n. The boys f el t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and cr ept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sl epi ng bags were warm and f or tabl e, so t hey al sl ept soundly. In t he mi ddle of t he ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The t ent was f ul l of wat er ! They al l eapt out of thei r sl epi ng bags and hurr ied out si de. I t was raining heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f orm ed i n the fi el d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss the fi el d and then f l owed ri ght under thei r t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rare people who beli eves i n ancient myths. He has j ust bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved in, he has had t roubl e wi th mot ori st s. when he returns home at ni ght, he al ways f inds t hat someone has par ked a car out si de his gat e. Becaus e of t hi s, he has not been able to get his own car into his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 is a sm al l Swi s aer oplane cal led a 39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al l run away! The m an l aughed when he real ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldren and t hr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was teli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young m an. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar 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 job to r epai r bi cycl es and at that tim e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal workshop of hi s own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used to make spar e part s f or aer opl anes. At hat tim e he had t wo helper s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al l wor k shop had bee a l ar ge f actor y which em pl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smil ed when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong r oad to success. He was stil l smil ing when t he door opened and his wif e came i n. She want ed him to r epai r t heir son39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going t o swim across t he Engl ish Channel t om or row. She is goi ng t o set out fr om the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympic Gam es wil l be hel d in our country i n four year s39。. Worker s wil have pleted the new r oads by t he end of this year . By the end of next year , t hey wil l have f inished work on the new stadi