【正文】 Ol ympi c Cit y39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! leson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a storm . Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l jumped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahe ad. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cl if fs. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er fr om t he l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now be i ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He i s fi nding hi s new wor k far mor e excit i ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Cat f or d St reet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai t i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove t he bus st raight at the t hi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f r ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. While the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The thi eves39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet t has j ust ref used a str ange request fr om a businessm an. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 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 home. I l ike si t t i ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft er noons. It was war m l ast 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 t he bank and t her e wer e som e people rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren ki cked a bal very har d and it went towar ds a passing boat . Some peopl e on the bank caled out to the man i n t he boat, but he did not hear t hem . The bal str uck him so har d t hat he ne ar ly fel i nt o t he water. I t ur ned to look at the childr en, but there weren39。t axi 39。t it upsi de down ?39。 It 39。 I answer ed. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about 39。You39。 l esson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 she said. 39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wi cked wor ld but was int er r upt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。s not there now. 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 But they don39。You m ust give up f is hing! 39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。s f at her wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ously as she swim s t he l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o t ake shor t r ests every t wo hour s. She wil l have somet hi ng t o dr i nk but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Er na39。 gave39。. Thi s wonderf ul pl ane can car ry seven passengers. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hi ng about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gat e. It i s one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l tur n m ot or ists t o stone. But none of them has been tur ned t o stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。but i sn39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal l y for a m om ent. 39。m hangi ng t his pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat t er ns. We li ke them i n t he sam e way that we li ke pr et y curt ain m at eri al . I thi nk t hat young chil dr en oft en appr eci at e m oder n pi ctur es bet