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pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our teen hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal work shop of hi s own. Dur ing t he war Frank used to make spare part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he smal l work shop had bee a lar ge factory which employed seven hundred and twent yeight peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r emembered his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad to success. He was st il smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came i n. She want ed him to r epai r their son39。 is a smal l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, 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 m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime later i t began to rain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al r ight, 39。I t39。 she asked. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It 39。t it upsi de down ?39。t axi39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request f rom a busi nessm an. The man want ed to f ly to Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還是水球? The Wayle i s a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal l st ruck him so hard t hat he nearl y fel l i nt o t he wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。 her mother a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out fr om the coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr i ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal at he stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At t he st at i on, he was tol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an that hi s bi cycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil l age f our hundred mi l es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost s ur pri sed when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en 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 whil e ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work 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 shop and run t owar ds a wai ting 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 hieves. 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 ying t o get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of it. 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 school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 the pat ient answered,39。 I sai d. 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr