【正文】 。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it le tim e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 No Par king39。 m y wif e answer ed. 39。t be so r ude about i t,39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 t he pat ient answered,39。s school f ri ends wil be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. 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 ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r e fused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi l dr en kicked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out t o t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck him so har d t hat he near l y fel i nt o t he water. I t urned t o look at the chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and be gan 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 ied outsi de. It was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f i el d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi t e is one of those rar e peopl e who bel i eves in ancient m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal l ed out t o the chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s 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 wor k in 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 f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al work shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong road t o succes. He was stil l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She want ed hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y i n f our year s39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 Young man,39。 m y wi fe answer ed as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of the mi r or. 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ibl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, 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 ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been t urned t o stone yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車(chē)！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 gave39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less