【正文】 use was pl et ed f ive m ont hs ago. I n m y l et ter, I t old her t hat she coul d st ay wit h us. The house has m any lar ge rooms and t her e is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st r ange t o som e peopl e. I t m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed t he hotel m anager39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now.39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st ar t ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er upt ed by a knock at t he door . A gi rl cam e i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I found t hi s out si de t hi s gentl em an39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d t o t he m anager, 39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i ved i n London at l ast. The r ail way st ati on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know the way t o m y hot el , so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not underst and m e。I am a for ei gner, 39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each ot her, but I don39。about39。about39。 What ar e you doing ?39。 I39。 I answered. 39。s a new one. Do you l i ke i t ?39。 It39。 she sai d, 39。t it upsi de down ?39。 No Par ki ng39。t axi39。Pi lat us Port er39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a l onel y vil lage i n the Wel sh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he lande d on the r oof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has j ust ref used a str ange request fr om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onel y isl and i n t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and t here wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, o ne of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat , but he di d not hear them . The bal l st r uck him so har d that he nearl y f el l int o t he wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t her e wer en39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as they once wer e. The tempt at ion t o steal 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 wer e fewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er for t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al l ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr aped it up f or her as quickl y as possi ble. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed 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 smal boat and was caught i n a storm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and the gir l j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e ni ght i n t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she cover ed 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 r ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she remem ber ed. 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 wor ri ed al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he i s not worr ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. It was stol en t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used to dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is f indi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un excl ai m ed. Just then, a man hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 he asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 I asked. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。s per for mance. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One m an in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hours wi thout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sherm en ar e unlucky. I nst ead of catching f ish, they catch old boot s and r ubbi sh. I am even l ess l ucky. I never cat