【正文】 s. The most surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet 39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He caled out to the chil dr en and thr ew t he bal l back to the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o repair bicycles and at hat t im e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for year s a nd in 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e par ts for aer oplanes. At that ti me he ha d t wo helpers. By the end of t he war , the smal wor kshop had bee a l arge f act or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smil ed when he r em ember ed his hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。 gave39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Short ly af ter wards, t he police stopped the car and bot h men 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 the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She is going to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s f at her wi l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained his daughter for year s. Tom or r ow he wi l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Erna i ntends to t ake short r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。They wi l l al so be bui l di ng new r oads and a speci al r ai l way l i ne. The Gam es wi l l be hel d j ust out si de t he capi t al and t he whol e ar ea wi l l be cal l ed 39。. Wor ker s wi l l have pl et ed t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year , t hey wi l l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The f i ne m od er n bui l di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y exci t ed and ar e l ooki ng f or war d t o t he had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beautif ul new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter, I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t must be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager 39。50 and I felt very upset. 39。 I said, 39。s not there now. 39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came i n and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。I found thi s out side t hi s gent leman39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d t o the m anager , 39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last. The rai lway stat ion was big, black and dar k. I di d not know the way to my hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y ca reful ly, but very cl ear ly as wel l. The port er, however , could not under stand me。I am a for ei gner ,39。You39。 he said. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each ot her , but I don39。about39。about 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I 39。 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 Parki ng39。t axi 39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。s fi rst pas enger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bi rmingham to a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a st r ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi 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 playing games on t he bank and ther e were s ome people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng 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 into the water . I t urned t o look at the chil dren, but t her e weren39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever befor eespeci al ly i n l ar ge shops. A detecti ve recent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went into a lar ge st or e on Monday m or nings. One Monday, ther e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman came i n, so i t was easier for t he det ect ive to watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few sm al l ar ti cles. Af ter a l it tl