【正文】 eman tol d him, t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vi l age four hundred mil es away. It is now being sent t o hi s home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e to be found. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi teen ! Lesson35 Stop t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr ive a taxi . A shor t whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted it . He i s f indi ng hi s new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat for d Str eet recentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of them was car rying a bag f ul of m oney. Roy acted quickl y and dr ove t he bus st raight at he t hi eves. The one wi th t he money got such a fr ight t hat he dropped the bag. As t he t hi eves were tr ying to get away i n t heir car , Roy drove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy st opped his bus and telephoned the pol ice. The t hi eves39。s bicycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater t han ever before especial y in large shops. A det ective r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, t here were f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ecti ve t o wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a few smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensi ve dr esses in the shop and handed i t o an asistant who wrapped it up f or her as quickly as possible. Then the woman si mpl y took the parcel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out that he shopasistant was her daughter. The gir l39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Birmi ngham to a lonel y vi lage in the Welsh mountains. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on t he r oof of a block of fl at s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car park. Captain Fawcet has just r ef used a str ange request fr om a busi nessman. The man want ed t o fl y to Rockal l, a lonely i sl and in t he Atl anti c Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not take hi m because the t ri p was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 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 the chil dr en kicked a bal l very har d and i t went t owards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank cal ed out t o the man i n the boat, but he did not hear them. The bal struck hi m so hard t hat he nearl y fel into t he water. I turned t o look at the chil dr en, but there wer en39。Pil at us Por t er 39。t axi 39。 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she said, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you l ike it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder . In Engl and, each man speaks a dif ferent l anguage. The Engl ish under stand each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or ei gner,39。but ver y cl earl y as wel. The port er , however, could not understand me。 I r epeat ed my question sever al ti mes and at last he under st ood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owl y nor clear ly. 39。 I said. Then he spoke sl owl y, but I could not understand him. My t eacher never spoke Engl ish l ike that ! The por ter and I looked at each ot her and smi led. Then he said som ethi ng and I understood i t. 39。l l soon lear n English!39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engli sh ? leson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a lot of pictures. Many people pr et nd that they under st and modern art . They always t el l you what a pi ct ur e is 39。. Of course, many pictures ar c not 39。 anything. They are just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain materi al. I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e modern pictures bet er than anyone el se. They not i ce mor e. My sister i s only seven, but she always t el s me whether my pictures ar e good or not. She c ame i nt o my room yester day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pi ct ur e on t he wal, 39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cr it cal y for a moment.39。s al l r ight,39。but isn39。 I looked at it again. She was r ight! It was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late in t he aft er noon, the boys put up thei r t ent in the middle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They were al hungr y and the food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , t hey told stori es and sang songs by t he camp fir e. But some time l at er it began to rain. The boys felt ti re d so t hey pet out the fi re and crept i nt o thei r tent . Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and fort able, so t hey al l slept soundly. I n the middl e of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The tent was full of water! They al leapt out of t heir sleepingbags and hur ri ed outsi de. It was r ai ni ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had formed in t he f ield. The st ream wound its way acr oss the field and then f lowed r ight under t heir t ent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車(chē) Jasper White i s one of t hose r ar e peopl e who believes in anci ent myt hs. He has just bought anew house in t he city, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr ouble wit h mot or ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght, he al ways fi nds that someone has par ked a car out si de his gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able to get his own car into his