【正文】 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 anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just 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 sm al ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last 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 the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal very har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on the bank cal l ed out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。Pi latus Port er39。t axi 39。 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dar k. I did not know the way to my hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y careful ly, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er, however , could not under stand me。 I sai d t o the manager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound this out si de thi s gentl eman39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was inter rupted by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contai ned amp。Everyone39。s not t her e now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。m not real y int er est ed in fi shi ng. I am onl y int er est ed in si ti ng in a boat and doing nothi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes ar e sl owly dri vi ng me m ad. I l ive near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai rpor t was bui lt duri ng the war , but f or some r eason i t could not be used then. Last year , however, it came i nto use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of t he few people l eft . Somet imes I t hi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of fer ed a lar ge sum of money to go away, but I am det er mi ned to stay her e. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obabl y r ight. Leson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er , Jane, never dr eamed of recei ving a l et er f rom a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and address on it i nto a bot tl e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e int o the sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but ten m ont hs later , she r eceived a l et er f rom a gir l in Holl and. Both gi rl s wr ite to each other regularl y now. However , they have decided t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e mor e, but they wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f rom my si st er yesterday. She lives i n Niger ia. In her let ter, she sai d that she woul d e t o England next year . If she es, she wil l get a surpr ise. We are now li vi ng in a beauti ful new house in t he count ry. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore m y sister lef t. The house was plet ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er , I tol d her t hat she coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and ther e is a l ovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so it l ooks str ange to some peopl e. I t must be the only m oder n house i n the di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered t he hotel manager39。 But they don39。 I t39。You must give up fi shing! 39。 gave39。t any i n si ght : they had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out t o 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 business 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 cycles and at hat t im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had be e a lar ge f act or y whi ch empl oyed seven hundred and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi f e came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passengers. The m ost sur pr isi ng t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f iel d. Captai n Fawcet 39。 i s a sm al l Swiss aeroplane cal l ed a 39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he t ol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vic