【正文】 ee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Frank sm i l ed when he remember ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car r y seven passengers. The most sur pr ising thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or eve n on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 signs outside hi s gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over t he gat e. I t is one of the ugli est f aces 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 that she wi l t ur n mot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車(chē)！ 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! 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 meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime later i t began to rain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f or m ed i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f iel d and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whi te is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever since he moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r eturns home at night, he al ways f inds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to ge t 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。 m ay reveal something of value f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A lot of car s ent er ed for t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of exci tement j ust befor e it began. One of t he most handsome cars was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y thr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was t he ol dest car taking part . Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent m or e t ime under their cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess exci t i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi t at ed f or a m om ent , she f i nal l y went i n and as ked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her onl y seven, but she always t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom yest erday. 39。A m an can never have t oo into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f et de ep. They fi nal ly found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empty tin tr unk. I n spi te of t his, m any people ar e conf ident that 39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。 I need not r emind you of t hat t er ri ble t ie you bought yesterday.39。t have said t hat ,39。 I remarked suddenly. I r egr et ted saying i t al most at once. 39。t buy things we don39。 m y wi fe answer ed as she l ooked at herself in the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop for half an hour and my wi fe was st il l i n f ront of the mi r or. 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e more and t alked less, we woul d both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man, 39。 No, 39。 Wi l you be staying i n England?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 No,39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci te d and are looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of r eti