【正文】 Yesterday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved money f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng the war Fr ank used to m ake spare par ts f or aeropl anes. At t hat im e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he sm al work shop had be e a lar ge factor y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d ear ly year s and the long r oad to success. He was st il l smi li ng when the door opened and his wi f e came in. She want ed him to repai r their son39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 i s a sm al l Swiss aeroplane cal led a 39。 signs out side his gate, but t hese have not had any ef ect . Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of t he ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what it was and he t ol d me that it was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l turn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been turned t o stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nt o their t ent . Thei r sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In t he mi ddl e of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was ful l of wat er ! They al leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur r ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found that a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way acr oss the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that someone has par ked a car outs ide hi s gat e. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al ri ght,39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。I t39。m hanging t his pict ure on t he wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。. Workers wi l l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wi l l have f inished work on the new stadium . The f ine m oder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d t o the t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。They wil l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d just outside t he capit al and t he whole area wi l be cal ed 39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympic G ames 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wil l be hel d in our count r y in f our year s39。s fat her wil l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong dist ance t o Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake shor t rest s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wil not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short l y af t er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank 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 which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r em em bered his har d ear l y year s and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e i n. She want ed him t o repai r t heir son39。. 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