【正文】 e and crept i nt o t heir t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st r eam had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r ar e people who bel ieves i n ancient m yths. 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 wi th m otori st s . when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outside hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect. 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 seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l t ur n m ot or i 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！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 is a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal led a 39。Pi l at us Por t er39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s t hat it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bi rmi ngham t o a l onely vi l age i n t he Welsh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ain Fawcet ha s fl own pasenger s to m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of f l at s and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has just r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y i sland i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Som e chi ldr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went towar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o the m an i n t he boat, but he did 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 dr en, but t her e weren39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycl es and at that im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or 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 the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wi f e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once wer e. The tempt at ion t o st eal i s greater t han e ver bef or e especi al y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when t he wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal art i cl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dre sses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asi st ant who wrapped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an si mpl y took t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, t he det ect i ve f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daught er . The gi rl 39。 gave39。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef or e t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a storm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore aft er spending t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di stance of ei ght mi l es. Ear l y next m or ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day later, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr i ed al l t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a l et er fr om t he local poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st a