【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri sing t hi ng about it , however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet39。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 pa senger s to many 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 ca r par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man 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 i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was wa r m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal very 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 at the chil dr en, but ther e weren39。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 Yesterday af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at that ti me 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 l arge 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 the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is greater 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 l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when the wom an 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 ticl es. Af ter a li t le t im 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。 gave39。 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 or e t he gi rl was able to explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a r ock and t he gi r l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam to the shor e aft er spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, the gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was tol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She is