【正文】 i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet 39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i zed what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about his 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 to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti m e he used t o wor k fourt een hour s a day. He saved money 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 t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al wor k shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi l ed when he remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r t heir son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f i ve o39。s fat her wi l set out wit h her i n a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong di stance to Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Er na39。s m other, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The O l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會 The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。They wil l also be buildi ng new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al very exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he sai d. 39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 lesson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar r ived i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not onl y spoke Engl i sh ver y car efull y, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, coul d not under stand me。I am a f or eigner,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a di f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。about39。about39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 It 39。 she said, 39。t it upsi de down ?39。 No Par king39。t axi 39。Pi lat us Port er39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f l ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y island i n t he At l anti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet di d not t ake him because t he t ri p was t oo danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cut s acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l i ke sit ti ng by t he Wayl e 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 chil dren wer e playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on t he r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pas si ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st r uck him so hard t hat he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dr en, but t her e wer en39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The tempt at ion t o st eal i s gr eat er t han ever bef ore especial y i n l ar ge shops. A det ect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who al ways went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e 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 sm al l arti cles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possi ble. Then the wom an sim ply t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wi t hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, t he det ect i ve f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daught er. The gi rl 39。 her m ot her a f r e dr ess once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pas ed bef or e 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 smal boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e a ft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n 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