【正文】 s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em ptati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or e especi al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y watched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal art i cl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n t he shop and handed it t o an assi st ant who wrapped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wi t hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。 No Par ki ng39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。about 39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。s f ir st pasenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh m ount ai ns. Since t hen, Captain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to m any unusual places. Once he l anded on the r oof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser t ed car park. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f r om a busines man. The man wanted t o fl y t o Rockal l, a lonely island in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 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 si t t i ng by the Wayl e on f ine 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 som e people rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren ki cked a bal ve ry har d and it went towar ds a passing boat . Some peopl e on the bank caled out to the man i n t he boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nt o t he water. I t ur ned to look at the childr en, but there weren39。t i t upside down ?39。 I answered. 39。about 39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim mer and many peopl e f el t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。Pi lat us Port er39。 she sai d, 39。 I 39。t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。m hangi ng thi s pi ct ur e on the wal ,39。but isn39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s t hat it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet39。s fat her wil l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong dist ance t o Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake shor t rest s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wil not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。I t39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In t he mi ddl e of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss the f ield 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 are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car outs ide hi s gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。t any in sight : t hey had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved money f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng the war Fr ank used to m ake spare par ts f or aeropl anes. At t hat im e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he sm al work shop had be e a lar ge factor y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d ear ly year s and the long r oad to success. He was st il l smi li ng when the door opened and his wi f e came in. She want ed him to repai r their son39。s mother, who swa m the Channel her sel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympic G ames 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wil l be hel d in our count r y in f our year s39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pr et t y pat ter ns. We l i ke t hem i n t he same way t hat we li ke p