【正文】 mply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。s fi rst pasenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bi rmingham t o a lonely vil lage i n the Welsh mount ai ns. Si nc e then, Captain Fawcet has f lown pasenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet t has just refused a strange r equest f rom a busi nesman. The man wanted to f ly t o Rockal , a l onely island i n the Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not take him because t he t rip was too dangerous. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal ri ver that cut s across t he park near my home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l very har d and it went towards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank caled out to t he man in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal st ruck him so hard that he nearl y fel into the water. I t urned t o look at the chil dr en, but ther e wer en39。Pi latus Por ter39。taxi39。 No Parking39。t it upsidedown ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about39。about39。 he said. I wonder. In Engl and, each man speaks a di ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or ei gne r, 39。 leson25 Do the Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived i n London at l ast. The r ai lway st at ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el , so I asked a por ter. I not only spoke Engli sh ver y carefull y, but ver y clear ly as wel . The port er , however, could not understand me。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。 she sai d. 39。I found t hi s outside this gentl eman39。 he said. He start ed t o plain about t hi s wicked wor ld but was inter upted by a knock at he door . A gi rl came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not t here now.39。 I sai d, 39。50 and I felt ver y upset .39。m not realy i nt er ested in f ishi ng. I am only interested in si t ing in a boat and doing not hi ng at al l ! Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？ Aer oplanes are slowly driving me mad. I li ve near an air por t and pasing planes can be hear d ni ght and day. The ai r por t was built dur ing the war , but for some reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year, however, it came i nt o use. Over a hundred peopl e must have been dri ven away f rom their homes by t he noise. I am one of t he f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I think this house wil be knocked down by a pasing pl ane. I have been of fered a large sum of money to go away, but I am det er mined t o st ay here. Ever ybody says I must be mad and t hey are probably ri ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of r eceiving a leter fr om a gi rl of her own age in Holl and. Last year, we wer e tr avel ling acr oss the Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi th her name and addres on it into a bot tle. She thr ew t he bottl e into t he sea. She never t hought of it again, but ten months later, she recei ved a let er fr om a gi rl in Holl and. Both gir ls wri te to each other r egularly now. However, they have deci ded to use t he post offi ce. Let er s wil cost a lit t1e mor e, but they wil cer tainly tr avel f aster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter f rom my sister yest er day. She l ives i n Niger ia. I n her let er , she sai d that she would e t o England next year. If she es, she wi l get a surpri se. We ar e now li vi ng in a beaut if ul new house in t he countr y. Work on it had begun bef or e my si st er left . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I t ol d her that she coul d stay wit h us. The house has many large rooms and ther e is a lovel y garden. It is a ver y modern house, so it looks st range t o some peopl e. It must be the only moder n house in t he dis tr ict. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I entered the hot el manager39。 But t hey don39。 It 39。You must give up fis hing! 39。I might as wel have them,39。but they are f or next Wednesday39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Could I have those two t ickets please ?39。Cert ai nl y, 39。Can I r et ur n these two t ickets?39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: they had al l r un away! The m an l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was teli ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s job t o repai r bicycl es and at that tim e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s a nd i n 1938 he bought a sm al wor k shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Fr ank used t o m ake spare parts f or aer opl anes. At t hat ime he had t wo helper s. By t he end of the war , t he smal l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundred and t wentyeight people. Fr ank sm iled when he rem em bered hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong road t o succes. He was st il sm il ng when the door opened and his wif e cam e in. She want ed him to r epai r t heir son39。. This wonderf ul plane can car y seven pasenger s. The most sur pr ising t hi ng about i t, however, i s t hat it can l and anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 is a sm al l Swi s aer oplane cal ed a 39。 si gns outside hi s gate, but these have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y st one head over the gate. I t