【正文】 ret y curt ai n m at er ial. I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of t en appr eci at e m oder n pi ct ures bet t er t han anyone el se. They noti ce m ore. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whether m y pi ct ures are good or not . She cam e int o my r oom yest er day. 39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y f or a m om ent .39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have e ver seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r em em bered his har d ear l y year s and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e i n. She want ed him t o repai r t heir son39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late 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 fi el d. As soon as this was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open fi r e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Aft er a wonder f ul m eal, t hey t ol d st ori es and sang songs by t he camp f ir e. But some t im e lat er i t began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleeping bags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of t he ni ght, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of t heir sl epi ng bags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ning heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f iel d. The str e am wound it s way acr oss t he f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi t e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had t rouble wi t h m ot or ists. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds that som eone 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。I t39。. Of cour se, many pi ct ur es arc not 39。s f at her wi l set out wi th her in a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained his daughter for year s. Tom or r ow he wi l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms the l ong distance to Engl and. Erna i ntends to t ake short r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。but i sn39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。. Workers wi l l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wi l l have f inished work on the new stadium . The f ine m oder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d t o the t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short l y af t er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。 i s a sm al Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。s al l ri ght ,39。 she asked. 39。about39。 I answer ed. 39。t it upsidedown ?39。s f ir st pasenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Bi rm i ngham t o a l onel y vil age i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce the n, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a bl ock of f l at s and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a desert ed car park. Capt ain Fawcet has j ust ref used a str ange r equest fr om a busi nessm an. The man want ed t o f l y t o Rockal l, a l onel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I li ke si ti ng by t he Wayle on fi 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 chil dren wer e playi ng game s on t he bank and t her e were some people r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal l ver y har d and i t we nt t owar ds a passi ng boat. Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out to t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so ha