【正文】 om the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he is not wor r ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t ol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up in a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. I t was st olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He is f indi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str ai ght at t he thi eves. The one wi th t he money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e t ryi ng t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi r mingham t o a l onely vil age in t he Wel sh mount ains. Si nce t hen, Captain Fawcet t has f lown passenger s to many unusual pl ace s. 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 man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y 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 Footbal l 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 hom e. I l ike sit ting 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 . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e some people rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Some 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 hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。t axi39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 It 39。 I answer ed. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about 39。You39。but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。t understand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke prett y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not i ce m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ur es are good or not . She came into my r oom yest erday. 39。m hanging t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。but i sn39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what i t was and he told me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。 gave39。s f at her wi l l set out wi th her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rained hi s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to take shor t r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l l have som ething t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。They wi l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rail wayl ine. The Gam es wil l be hel d just out si de the capit al and the whol e area wi l be cal ed 39。 No, 39。 A new pl ay is ing to The Gl obe soon, 39。 No,39。 No,39。 No, 39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked les, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。You needn39。t buy t hings we don39。t have sai d that, 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful, 39。 may reveal somethi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is held for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci teme nt just bef or e i t began. One of t he most handsome car s was a Roll s Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was t he oldest car taking part . Aft er a great many loud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of the car s broke down on the cour se and some dr ivers spent m ore t ime under their cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f ast er t han any of