【正文】 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 water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that 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 ight under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli 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 tr oubl e wi t h m otori st s. when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back 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 tel i ng m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti m e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al wor k 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 l ed when he remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r t heir son39。s m other, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The O l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。 lesson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved i n London at last . The r ai l way 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 Engli sh very car ef ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however, coul d not underst and m e。about 39。 I answer ed. 39。t it upsi dedown ?39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y island i n t he At l anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet di d not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f i 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 games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on t he r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st r uck him so hard t hat he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wa t er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dr en, but t her e wer en39。 No Par king39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。about39。I am a f orei gner,39。They wil l also be buildi ng new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。 gave39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he tol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t urn m otori st s 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(chē)！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 She l ooked at it cr it ical l y f or a m om ent .39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he same way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i 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 is onl y seven, but she al ways tel s me whet her m y pi ctur es ar e good or not. She came i nt o m y r oom yest er day. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he said somet hi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。 her m ot her a f r e dr ess once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef or e t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar r ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke