【正文】 ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him becaus e the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he park near m y home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayl e on fi ne af t er noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a passing boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal st ruck him so har d t hat he near l y f el i nto t he water. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。Pi lat us Por ter39。t axi 39。 No Parki ng39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It39。s a new one. Do you l i ke i t ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。You39。I am a f or ei gner ,39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved i n London at l ast . The rail way stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y car ef ul ly, but ver y cl ear l y as wel l. The port er, however , coul d not under stand me。 I sai d to t he manager, 39。 she sai d. 39。I f ound t his outsi de t his gentl em an39。 he sai d. He st art ed to pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e i n and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。Ever yone39。s not t her e now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I felt ver y upset.39。m not r eal y i nt erest ed i n fi shi ng. I am onl y i nt er est ed i n si t ing i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not ? 是不是 瘋了？ Aeroplanes ar e slowl y dri vi ng m e m ad. I l ive near an ai rport and pasi ng pl anes can be hear d ni ght and day. The air por t was bui lt duri ng t he war, but f or som e r eason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by the noise. I am one of t he f ew peopl e left . Som etim es I thi nk t his house wil l be knocked down by a pasi ng pl ane. I have been off ered a l arge sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det erm i ned t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I m ust be m ad and t hey are pr obabl y ri ght . Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃 信封 My daught er, Jane, never dr eamed of r eceivi ng a let er fr om a gi rl of her own age i n Hol land. Last year, we were t r aveli ng a cross the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on i t i nt o a bot tl e. She t hrew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m ont hs l at er , she r ecei ved a let er f r om a gi rl i n Holl and. Bot h gi rl s wr it e t o each ot her r egularl y now. However , t hey have deci ded t o use the post of fi ce. Let ers wi l cost a l it t 1e m or e, but t hey wil cert ainl y tr avel f aster. Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et er f r om m y si st er yester day. She li ves i n Ni ger ia. I n her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o England next ye ar. I f she es, she wil l get a sur pr ise. We ar e now li ving i n a beaut if ul new house i n the count r y. Wor k on i t had begun bef or e m y sist er l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve mont hs ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e is a lovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 But t hey don39。 I t39。You m ust gi ve up fi shi ng!39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out t o t he chil dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. It was hi s j ob t o r epair bi cycl es and at that tim e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remember ed hi s har d ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 si gns out si de his gat e, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y st one head over t he gate. It i s one of t he ugl i est faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨