【正文】 Don39。I t 39。s f ir st pasenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh m ount ai ns. Since t hen, Captain Fawcet has fl own passenger s to 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 landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l r iver that cut s acr oss the 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 sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her 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 passi ng boat . Some people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard tha t he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t her e wer en39。 I answered. 39。 leson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國(guó)人講的是英語(yǔ)嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o my hot el, 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。50 and I f elt very upset .39。Could I have those two ti cket s pl ease ?39。 I sai d. 39。 l esson18 He oft en does this! 他經(jīng)常干這種事！ Af t er I had had lunch at a vil lage inn, I looked for my bag. I had left i t on a chai r beside t he door and now i t wasn39。 Har y sai d, 39。t he t her e, he wil l fl y to Per th. My br other has never been abroad befor e, so he is f i ndi ng this tr ip very excit 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scot t has a garage i n Sil bur y and now he has just bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y f ive mi les f rom Sil bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t welve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi rd covered t he distance in t hree mi nutes. Up to now, Mr Scot t has sent a gr eat many r equests f or spare part s and other ur gent m essages f rom one gar age t o t he ot her . In this way, he has begun his own pri vat e telephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西so now you can pay for my di nner !39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for it , the i n keeper cam e in. 39。I t m ay have begun al r eady,39。 I asked. 39。 I lef t the money in my r oom ,39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I t39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was his job t o repair bicycles and at hat t im e he used t o work fourt een hour s a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal l wor kshop of his own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used t o make spar e par ts f or aer oplanes. At that ti me he had two hel pers. By the end of the war , the smal wor kshop had bee a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and twenty ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he remem ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。t i nter upt, 39。 I sai d in a weak voi ce. 39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y som eone shout ed, 39。. This wonderf ul plane can car y seven passenger s. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。ther e is sti l some honesty in t his wor ld ! 39。s off ice and sat down. I had j ust l ost amp。 the gi rl said. 39。The pl ay may begi n at any m om ent ,39。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e to be grown up! 39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。巴頓斯 I have j ust moved t o a house i n Br idge Str eet . Yest er day a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me f or a meal and a glass of ber . I n r eturn for thi s, t he beggar st ood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a m eal . He at e t he food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese i n his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s name is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m onth and always asks for a meal and a glas of beer. Leson 7 Too late 為時(shí)太晚 The plane was lat e and det ect ives were wai ti ng at t he air por t al l morni ng. They wer e expecti ng a val uabl e par cel of diamond f rom South Af r ica. A f ew hour s earl ier, someone had t old t he pol ice t hat t hi eves woul d tr y t o steal t he diamonds. When t he pla ne ar ived, some of t he det ect ives were wai ti ng inside t he main bui lding whi le ot her s wer e wait ing on t he ai rf iel d. Two men took t he par cel of f the plane and car r ied i t i nto t he Cust oms House. Whil e two det ect ives were keepi ng guar d at the door, t wo other s opened the parcel. To t hei r sur pri se, the pr eci ous p