【導讀】Leson28Noparking禁止停車JasperWhiteisoneofthoserarepeoplewhobelievesinancientmyths.Hehasjustboughtanewhouseinthecity,buteversincehemovedin,hehashadtroublewithmotorists.whenhereturnshomeatnight,healwaysfindsthatsomeonehasparkedacaroutsidehisgate.Becauseofthis,hehasnotbeenabletogethisowncarintohisgarageevenonce.Jasperhasputup'NoParking'signsoutsidehisgate,butthesehavenothadanyeffect.Nowhehasputanuglystoneheadoverthegate.ItisoneoftheugliestfacesIhaveeversen.IaskedhimwhatitwasandhetoldmethatitwasMedusa,theGon.Jasperhopesthatshewilturnmotoriststostone.Butnoneofthemhasbeenturnedtostoneyet!Leson29Taxi!出租汽車！CaptainBenFawcetthasboughtanunusualtaxiandhasbegunanewservice.The'taxi'isasmallSwissaeroplanecalleda'PilatusPorter'.Thiswonderfulplanecancarrysevenpasengers.Themostsurprisingthingaboutit,however,isthatitcanlandanywhere:onsnow,water,orevenonaploughedfield.CaptainFawcett'sfirstpasengerwasadoctorwhoflewfromBirminghamtoalonelyvilageintheWelshmountains.Sincethen,CaptainFawcethasflownpasengerstomanyunusualplaces.Oncehelandedontheroofofablockofflatsandonanotheroccasion,helandedinadesertedcarpark.CaptainFawcethasjustrefusedastrangerequestfromabusinesman.ThemanwantedtoflytoRockall,alonelyislandintheAtlanticOcean,butCaptainFawcetdidnottakehimbecausethetripwastoodangerous.Lesson30Footballorpolo?足球還是水球？

　　

【正文】 i st s t o st one. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi39。 is a smal l Swiss aeroplane cal led a 39。Pilatus Por ter39。. This wonder ful pl ane can car ry seven pasenger s. The most sur pris ing thing about i t, however, is t hat i t can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f ield. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f irst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew fr om Bi rmi ngham to a lonel y vi lage in the Welsh mountains. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet has f lown pasengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet has just r ef used a str ange r equest fr om a busi nesman. The man want ed t o fly t o Rockal l, a l onely i sland in the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t ri p was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver that cut s across the par k near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayle on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r iver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e playi ng games on the bank and ther e wer e some peopl e rowing on t he r iver. Suddenly, one of the chi ldren ki cked a bal ver y hard and it went towar ds a passi ng boat . Some peopl e on t he bank cal led out to the man in the boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal l str uck him so har d that he near ly f el l i nt o the wat er . I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldren, but t here weren39。t any in sight : t hey had al run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He caled out to t he children and t hr ew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Suces st ory 成功者的故事 Yesterday af ternoon Frank Hawkins was tel ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y large business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. I t was his job to r epai r bi cycles and at that ime he used t o wor k fourteen hours a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought asmal workshop of hi s own. Duri ng t he war Frank used to make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At that ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge f actor y whi ch empl oyed seven hundred and twentyeight people. Frank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road to success. He was stil l smil ing when the door opened and his wif e came in. She want ed him to repai r t heir son39。s bicycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The tempt at ion to st eal is great er than ever bef ore especi al ly i n large shops. A detect ive recently watched a wel dr essed woman who always went into a l ar ge store on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there were fewer people i n the shop t han usual when t he woman came in, so it was easi er for the detective to watch her . The woman fi rst bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tle t ime, she chose one of t he most expensive dre ses i n the shop and handed it to an assi st ant who wr apped i t up for her as quickl y as possible. Then t he woman simply t ook t he par cel and walked out of the shop wi thout paying. When she was ar ested, the det ecti ve f ound out that the shopasist ant was her daughter . The girl 39。 gave39。 her mot her a free dres once awek ! l esson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e the gi rl was able to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft er noon she set out fr om the coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and t he gir l jum ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending the whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shore, t he gir l str uggled up t he cli f towar ds t he l ight she had seen. That was al l she rem embered. When she woke up a day lat er, she found her self i n hospit al . Leson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he local poli ce. In t he l et er he was asked to cal at he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o the st ati on yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At he st ati on, he was told by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundred m il es away. It is now being sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. I t was st ol en t wenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 Stop t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr ive a taxi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He i s f i nding hi s new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat f or d St reet recentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ng car. One of them was car rying a bag f ul of m oney. Roy acted qui ckly and dr ove the bus st raight at he t hi eves. The one wi th t he money got such a fr ight t hat he dropped the bag. As t he t hi eves were t rying to get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus into t he back of i t. Whil e t he bat tered car was m oving away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Shor tl y af ter wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar ested.