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Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 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 hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayle on f i ne 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 playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on the r iver. Suddenly, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e 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 har d that he near ly f el int o the wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a storm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and t he gir l jum ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi l es. Ear l y next m or ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cli f fs. On ar i vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi r l st ruggled up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f i n hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei 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 l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊! Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng to get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol i ce. The thi eves39。Wel, 39。 I r epeat ed m y questi on several tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。 she asked. 39。I t 39。s al r ight,39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he mi ddl e 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 t he f ood sm el t good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept i nt o t heir t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st r eam had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r ar e people who bel ieves i n ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori st s . when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 is a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal led a 39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycl es and at that im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wi f e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son3