【正文】 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she asked. 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。Wel l, 39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。t r eal ize one im por tant thing. I39。s perf or mance. 39。 he asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 My dog had t aken i t into the garden. He oft en does t hi s.39。 I answer ed, 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。 gave39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gate. It i s one of t he ugl iest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n mot or ists t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pret y pat t er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way that we li ke pr et y curt ain m at eri al . I t hi nk t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e m odern pi ct ur es bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el l s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y r oom yester day. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er a nd I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。s r oom 39。and it 39。s a wast e of t im e. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 Susan excl aim ed. Just t hen, a m an hur ri ed t o t he ti cket of fi ce. 39。I hur ri ed t o t he ti cket off i ce. 39。m ver y sor ry,39。 he asked. 39。 he Said. Then he smi l ed and t ol d m e I woul d r ecei ve an ext ra amp。had an am usi ng experi ence l ast year . Aft er I had l ef t a sm al l vil lage i n t he sout h of Fr ance, I dr ove on t o t he next t own. On t he way, a young m an waved t o m e. I stopped and he asked m e f or a li ft. As soon as he had got i nto t he car , I sai d good m or ni ng to him i n Fr ench and he r epli ed i n the sam e l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at al. Nei t her of us spoke dur i ng t he j our ney. I had near ly r eached t he t own, when t he young m an suddenly said, ver y sl owl y, 39。 100 a year! Lesson 16 A poli t e request 彬彬有禮的要求 I f you par k your car i n t he wr ong pl ace, a t raf i c pol icem an wi l soon fi nd it. You wil l be ver y l ucky i f he lets you go wit hout a t icket . However , this does not al ways happen. Tr af f ic poli ce ar e som etim es ver y poli te. Duri ng a holi day i n Sweden, I f ound t his not e on my car: 39。Yes, t hank you,39。 he sai d 39。May I have t wo ti cket s pl ease ?39。Can I r etur n these t wo t i ckets?39。but t hey ar e f or next Wednesday39。 But t hey don39。s not t her e now. 39。 she said. 39。You39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 It 39。t axi39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a storm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a l i ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, the gi rl st r 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 la ter, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er fr om the l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri ving al ong Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted quickl y and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir ca r, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e t he bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。 As I soon learnt , he was Engl ish him sel f! Leson 15 G ood news 佳音 The secretar y tol d me t hat Mr. Har mswort h would see me. I fel t ver y nervous when. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t