【正文】 r emembered his har d ear ly year s and t he long r oad to success. He was st il l smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came in. She want ed him to repai r their son39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet t39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. I t i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old me that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful m eal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e late r i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f or t able, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was ful l of wat e r! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r aining heavily and they found t hat a str eam had for med i n the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under their tent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those rare people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot ori st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al r ight, 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly for a moment .39。I t39。m hanging this pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom yest erday. 39。. Of course, m any pi ctures ar c not 39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art cri t ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t student and I paint a lot of pictur es. Many peopl e pret end t hat hey underst and moder n art . They al ways t el you what a pictur e is 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and hi m. My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clearl y. 39。t her e i s st i l l som e honesty i n t hi s wor ld ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our t een year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi m m er and m any peopl e f eel t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef or e t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a storm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and the gir l j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e af t er spendi ng t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er. Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Ear l y next m or ni ng, she saw a l i ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar i vi ng at he shor e, t he gir l st r uggled up t he cl if f t owar ds the li ght she had seen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she f ound hersel f i n hospit al . Leson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not worr ied any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t ol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his hom e by t r ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. I t was st olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul