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t en hour s a day. He saved money f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that ti me he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge factor y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght people. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road to success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She wanted him t o repair t hei r 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 aer opl 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 m e that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or i st s to st one. But none of them 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 meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e 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 ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those r are 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 or i st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a c ar 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。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。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 It 39。 she sai d, 39。t it upsi de down ?39。 No Parki ng39。t axi 39。Pi latus Port er39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi lage i n the Wels h mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the tr ip was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球? The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hea r them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。s bi cycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once wer e. The temptat ion t o st eal i s greater than ever bef or e especi al y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecent l y watched a wel dr essed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge store on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came in, so it was easier f or the detective t o wat ch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chose one of the most expensi ve dreses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi r l was able to explain what had happened to her . One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the s ea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wo