【正文】 st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 is a sm al l Swi ss aer opl ane cal led a 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s t hat it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。t any i n si ght : they had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and thr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycl es and at that im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Fr ank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wi f e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short l y af ter wards, t he pol i ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She is goi ng t o set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swim s the long di st ance t o England. Er na sai d. 39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國 人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。I am a for eigner ,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。about39。about 39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 I39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I t39。 she s aid, 39。t it upsidedown ?39。 No Par ki ng39。t axi 39。Pi l at us Por ter39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil l age i n t he Wel sh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range r equest f rom a busi nessm an. The m an want ed to f l y to Rockal, a lonel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 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 hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayle on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual . Some chi ldren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on the r iver. Suddenly, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el int o the wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng 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 al y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve recently watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge store on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e 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 si mply 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 asist ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore t he gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a storm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and t he gir l jum ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi l es. Ear l y next m or ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cli f fs. On ar i vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi r l st ruggled up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f i n hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei 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 l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. A