【正文】 ady in a ti ght black dr ess. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake conver sat i on. 39。 she answered,39。 39。 What are you doing ?39。t axi39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 she answer ed. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。t i t upside down ?39。about 39。You needn39。 I asked. 39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d ha ve to stay i n hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。 I 39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpri sing t hi ng about i t, however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 No,39。 No,39。t have said t hat ,39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 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 moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。Wi。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。 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！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er r ible tie you bought yester day.39。 Young man,39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to 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 wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At that ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。I t39。 What are you doing ?39。t axi39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 she answered. 39。t need,39。dance39。 s he sai d, 39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d ha ve to stay i n hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。 I 39。 I sai d. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said. 39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. The n she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the w