【正文】 able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and the gi rl j um ped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e night in t he water. Dur ing t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morning, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was high up on t he clif f s. On ar ri ving at the shore, the gir l str uggl ed up the cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. That was al l she r emembered. When she woke up a day la ter , she f ound herself i n hospi tal. Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal pol i ce. In the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest er day and now he is not wor ri ed any m ore. At the stat ion, he was told by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was picked up i n a smal vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle to be f ound. It was stol en twenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a taxi. A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f indi ng his new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf ord Str et re cently, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of money. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped the bag. As the t hieves were t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s f ir st pasenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a lonely vi l age in t he Welsh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Captain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just refused a str ange r equest fr om a busines man. The man wanted t o fl y t o Rockal l, a l onely island i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet did not take him 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 smal 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 t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and ther e were some peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man in the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。taxi39。t it upsi de down ?39。 It 39。 I answer ed. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about 39。You39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived in London at last. The r ai lway stat ion was bi g, black and dark. I did not know the way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 she sai d. 39。 he said. He st ar ted t o plain about this wicked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。s not there now. 39。 50 and I felt very upset. 39。 But t hey don39。You must gi ve up f ishi ng!39。but t hey are f or next Wednesday39。Could I have t hose t wo t i cket s please ?39。Can I ret ur n t hese t wo ti cket s?39。ve sold out ,39。May I have two ti ckets pl ease ?39。 I said. 39。 he sai d 39。t got m y bag. 39。Yes, t hank you,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。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。 I said in a we ak voice. 39。 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 he r 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。clock so we shal l have pl ent 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