【導(dǎo)讀】Lesson29Taxi!出租汽車(chē)！CaptainBenFawcethasboughtanunusualtaxiandhasbegunanewservice.The'taxi'isasmalSwissaeroplanecalleda'PilatusPorter'.Thiswonderfulplanecancarysevenpasengers.Themostsurprisingthingaboutit,however,isthatitcanlandanywhere:onsnow,water,orevenonaploughedfield.CaptainFawcett'sfirstpassengerwasadoctorwhoflewfromBirminghamtoalonelyvillageintheWelshmountains.Sincethen,CaptainFawcethasflownpasengerstomanyunusualplaces.Oncehelandedontheroofofablockofflatsandonanotheroccasion,helandedinadesertedcarpark.CaptainFawcethasjustrefusedastrangerequestfromabusinesman.ThemanwantedtoflytoRockal,alonelyislandintheAtlanticOcean,butCaptainFawcettdidnottakehimbecausethetripwastoodangerous.Lesson30Footballorpolo?足球還是水球？

　　

【正文】 ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Catf or d Str eet 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 i ng car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir ca r, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of it. Whil e t he bat ered car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Shortl y aft er war ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar r est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel t om orr ow. She is goi ng t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She is a st rong swimm er and m any peopl e feel t hat she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long dist ance t o Engl and. Er na int ends t o take shor t rest s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol i d f ood. Most of Er na39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engl ish coast. Am ong them wil be Er na39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O l ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Gam es wi l be hel d i n our count ry i n f our years39。 t im e. As a great m any people wil be vi si ti ng t he count r y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil di ng new hot el s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm ing pool. 39。They wi l al so be buil di ng new roads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Gam es wil l be hel d j ust out si de t he capit al and t he whol e ar ea wi l be cal ed 39。Ol ym pic Ci t y39。. Workers wil have plet ed t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne m oder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunte r. Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set l e down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a f i ne house and went t o li ve t her e. Alm ost i mm edi at el y he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her , f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi ter ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har r ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me to set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t here. Har ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her. Leson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his 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(chē)！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。t axi39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。Pi l at us Por ter 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。s fi rst pasenger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bi rm ingham to a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger 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 man 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 m y hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar 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 hard t hat he nearl y fel l i nto t he water . I t urned t o look at the chil dren, but t her e weren39。t any in si ght : they had al run away! The man l aughed when he r eal ized 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 man. Fr ank i s now t he head of a very l arge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o work in a smal l shop. It was his j ob to repai r bicycles and at t hat t ime he used to work fourt een hour s a day.