【正文】 t er . I not only spoke Engli sh ver y car eful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however , could not under st and me。about39。 I answer ed. 39。t it upsi de down ?39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi l age i n the Welsh mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and s at on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and ther e wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nto t he water . I t urned to look a t the chil dren, but ther e weren39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he English coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。5o. 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he underst ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。. Of cour se, many pictur es ar c not 39。I t 39。 I looked at i t again. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft ernoon, t he boys put up their t ent i n t he middle of a fi el d. As soon as t hi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul m eal , they tol d st ori es and sang songs by t he camp fi re. But some tim e lat er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t ir ed so they pet out t he f i re and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl epi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shout i 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 ai ni ng 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 eam wound it s way across the f iel d and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi te i s one of those rar e people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yths. He has j ust bought a new house i n the 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 et ur ns home at ni ght, he al ways f i nds 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 hi s own car i nt o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。t any in si ght : they had al run away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ling me about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi nes pany, but as a boy he used t o work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved money f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that ti me he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge factor y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r emember ed his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。 I said, 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。I am a f or eigner, 39。about39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 No Par ki ng39。 It 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。You39。 she said. 39。s not there now. 39。They wil l al so 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。 signs out side hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over t he gat e. It i s one of the ugli est f aces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車(chē)！ Captai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 She looked at i t cr it ical y for a m om ent .39。 anything. They are j ust pret ty pat erns. We l ike t hem in the sam e way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al. I thi nk that young chil dren oft en appr eci ate modern pi ctur es bet er than anyone else. They noti ce more. My si ster is only seven, but she al ways t el s me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She came int o my room yesterday. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke slowl y, but I could not under st and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he said somethi ng and I understood i t. 39。s r oom39。and it 39。 ti me. As a great many peopl e wil l be visit ing t he countr y, t he gover nment wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi m m i n