【導(dǎo)讀】Lesson29Taxi!出租汽車！CaptainBenFawcetthasboughtanunusualtaxiandhasbegunanewservice.The'taxi'isasmallSwisaeroplanecaleda'PilatusPorter'.Thiswonderfulplanecancarysevenpassengers.Themostsurprisingthingaboutit,however,isthatitcanlandanywhere:onsnow,water,orevenonaploughedfield.CaptainFawcet'sfirstpassengerwasadoctorwhoflewfromBirminghamtoalonelyvilageintheWelshmountains.Sincethen,CaptainFawcethasflownpasengerstomanyunusualplaces.Oncehelandedontheroofofablockofflatsandonanotheroccasion,helandedinadesertedcarpark.CaptainFawcetthasjustrefusedastrangerequestfromabusinesman.ThemanwantedtoflytoRockal,alonelyislandintheAtlanticOcean,butCaptainFawcettdidnottakehimbecausethetripwastoodangerous.Lesson30Footballorpolo?足球還是水球？

　　

【正文】 s39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short ly aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h men wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel tom orr ow. She is going to set out fr om the French coast at f ive o39。cl ock in t he morning. Er na i s only f ourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new worl d recor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any peopl e feel t hat she i s sure t o succeed. Er na39。s f at her wi l set out wit h her i n a sm al boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er for years. Tom or row he wil be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swims t he long di st ance t o England. Erna intends to t ake short rest s ever y t wo hour s. She wil l have som et hi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s school fri ends wil be wai ti ng f or her on the Engli sh coast . Am ong them wil be Erna39。s m ot her, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The O lym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wil be hel d i n our count ry i n four years39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing the count ry, t he gover nment wil l be bui lding new hotels, an imm ense stadi um, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool. 39。They wi l al so be bui lding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Gam es wi l be held j ust outsi de t he capi tal and the whole area wil be cal ed 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。. Worker s wil have pleted the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f inished work on the new stadi um. The fi ne moder n buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l be wat ching anxiously as the new bui l di ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d before i n t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fri end, Har ison, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean f or m any years bef or e he r et ur ned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r eti ri ng i n England and had planned to set le down i n the count ry. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost immedi at el y he began to pl ai n about the weather , f or even though it was sti l summer , it rained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. After so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in England bef ore. I n the end, i t was mor e than he could bear . He had hardly had t ime t o setl e down when he sold t he house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended t here. Har ri son had thought of everything except the weather . Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gilbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o tel l hi m whet her hi s and he told me t hat it was Medusa, the Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s t o st one. But none of them has been turned to st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。taxi39。 is a smal Swiss aeropl ane cal led a 39。Pi latus Por ter39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car y seven passengers. The most sur pr ising thing about it , however, is that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet 39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bi rmingham t o a lonely vil lage i n the Welsh mount ai ns. Si nce then, Captain Fawcet has f lown pasenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet t has just refused a strange r equest f rom a busi nesman. The man wanted to f ly t o Rockal , a l onely island i n the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too dangerous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal river t hat cuts acr oss the par k near m y home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of the childr en kicked a bal l very har d and it went towards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank cal ed out t o the man in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal st ruck him so hard that he nearl y fel into t he water. I turned t o look at the chil dr en, but ther e wer en39。t any i n sight: they had al l r un away! The man laughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dr en and threw the bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success tory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. It was his j ob t o repair bicycles and at hat time he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l wor k shop of his own. During the war Frank used to make spare parts f or aer opl anes. At hat time he had two helper s. By the end of the war, t he smal l work shop had bee a large factory which employed seven hundr ed and twent y ei ght peopl e. Frank smil ed when he r emember ed his har d earl y years and t he long road to succes. He was st il smil ng when the door opened and his wif e came in. She wanted him t o repair their son39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t emptati on t o st eal i s gr eater than ever bef or eespeci al ly in l ar ge shops. A detect ive r ecent ly watched a wel l dr essed woman who al ways went into a large store on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, ther e wer e fewer people in t he shop t