【正文】 ought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. 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 smel 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 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 their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age 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 Par king39。t axi39。Pi lat us Por ter 39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request f rom a busi nessm an. The man want ed to f ly to Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near m y home. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dr en were pl ayi ng games on the bank and there wer e some peopl e rowi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal l st ruck him so hard t hat he nearl y fel l i nt o t he wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as they once wer e. The t emptati on to st eal i s greater than ever befor e especi aly in l arge shops. A detecti ve recent ly watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e were fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o watch 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 t he most expensi ve dr eses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as quickly as possi ble. Then the woman sim ply t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout paying. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asistant was her daughter. The gir l39。 her mother a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out fr om the coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni 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 worr i ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal at he stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At t he st at i on, he was tol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an that hi s bi cycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil l age f our hundred mi l es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost s ur pri sed when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wai ting car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus s