【正文】 as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat . Some people on the bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 I answer ed. 39。about 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e t ie you bought yest erday. 39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wi th hol es i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was sti l i n fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。 Young m an, 39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t hi s year ?39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Leson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our count r y i n f our year s39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal l ba ck t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about his exper i ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was his j ob t o repai r bicycles and at t hat t im e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e par t s for aer opl anes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war , t he smal wor kshop had bee a l arge f act ory whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smil ed when he r em em ber ed his har d earl y years and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe cam e i n. She want ed him t o r epai r t hei r son39。 I looked 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 tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al hungr y and t he f ood smelt good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t ol d st or ies and sang songs by the cam p f ir e. But some t im e lat er it began t o rai n. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or 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 wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. It was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f orm ed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and t hen f lowed r i ght under t hei r t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci t y, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t r oubl e wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns hom e at night, he al ways f inds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gat e. Because of t his, 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, m any pi ctur es ar c not 39。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f fer ent l anguage. The Engl ish understand each ot her , but I don39。 I 39。 she sai d, 39。Pil atus Port er39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s only f ourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a ne w wor l d recor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any peopl e feel t hat she i s sur e t o succed. Erna39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor t ol d him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l ber t woul d be al owed t o go hom e and t he doct or tol d hi m that he woul d have t o st ay in hospi t al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ingt on asked t he cal l er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pati ent .39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I sai d t o m y wi f e. 39。You needn39。Wel l,39。l l soon learn Engl is h!39。 she asked. 39。s al r ight, 39。 i s a smal Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng to swi m across the Engl ish Channel tom or row. She i s goi ng to set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。. Wor kers wi l have pleted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year, they wi l have fi nished work on t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey have never been hel d before in t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean for many year s bef ore he retur ned to Engl and. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner re