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en worri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved 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 the st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st at ion yesterday and now he is not worri ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was told by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he policem an t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a smal vil age f our hundr ed mi les away. It is now bei ng sent to his 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 to be f ound. It was stolen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Leson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊! Ro v Trent on used t o dr ive a taxi . A shor t whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted it . He i s f indi ng hi s new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat f or d St reet re centl 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 of m oney. Roy acted qui ckly and dr ove the bus st raight at he t hi eves. The one wi th t he money got such a fr ight t hat he dropped the bag. As t he t hi eves were t rying to get away i n thei r car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into t he back of i t. Whil e t he bater ed car was m oving away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The thieves39。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 axi39。t it ups ide down ?39。 It 39。 I answered. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。I t39。s al l ri ght,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。 is a sm al Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。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。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h m en wer e ar ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart i s going to swim across t he Engl ish Channel t om or row. She is goi ng t o set out f r om t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her se lf when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O lympic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our count ry i n f our years39。. Wor kers wil l have pl et ed t he new roads by the end of t hi s year. By the end of next year, t hey wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um. The fi ne m oder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Ever ybody wil l be watchi ng anxi ousl y as t he new