【正文】 t axi 39。 I t39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。You39。 she sai d. 39。s not there now.39。 But t hey don39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that im e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。 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 a nd the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Their sl eping bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n t he m iddle of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t e nt was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f or m ed i n t he f i el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient m yt hs. He has just 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 ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。I t39。. Of course, many pi ctur es ar c not 39。 I repeat e d my question sever al ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered me, but he spoke nei ther slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 5o. 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 m y f ri ends say. 39。Pi l at us Port er 39。 she sai d, 39。 I 39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a di f er ent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。Ever yone39。m not real l y i nt er est ed in f i shi ng. I am onl y i nt er e st ed in sit ti ng i n a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri ving m e m ad. I l i ve near an ai r por t and passi ng planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was buil t dur i ng t he war, but f or some r eason it coul d not be used then. Last year, however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of the f ew peopl e l ef t. Som etim es I t hi nk thi s house wil l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned t o st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey ar e pr obably r i ght. Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter fr om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and address on it i nt o a bot l e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m onths l at er , she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gir ls wr it e t o ea ch ot her r egul ar l y now. However, t hey have deci ded t o use t he post off i ce. Let t er s wil l cost a l it 1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f r om m y si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et t er , she said t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next year. I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l i vi ng in a beauti f ul new house i n t he countr y. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and t here i s a l ovel y gar den. I t i s a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks str ange t o som e peopl e. I t must be t he only m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。unl ucky. I nstead of cat chi ng fi sh, t hey cat ch ol d boots and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hi ng not even ol d boot s. Af ter havi ng spent whole m orni ngs on t he ri ver , I al ways go hom e wi th an em pt y bag. 39。s off i ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。s l osi ng m oney t hese days,39。t here i s st il l som e honesty i n t hi s worl d ! 39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art cri ti cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey understand m oder n ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。m hangi ng this pi ct ur e on the wal ,39。but isn39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passengers. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er