【正文】 y al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr i ed out si de. I t was r ai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound t hat a st ream had f or m ed i n t he f i el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who bel i eves i n ancient m yt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns outs i de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f a ces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he t ol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passenge rs. The most sur pr ising thing about it, 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 m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that im e he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。 gave39。You m ust gi ve up fi shi ng! 39。 It39。 But t hey don39。m not r eal ly i nter ested i n fi shi ng. I am only i nter ested i n sit i ng i n a boat and doi ng not hi ng at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes ar e sl owly dr i vi ng m e m ad. I li ve near an air port and passing pl anes can be hear d night and day. The ai r por t was bui lt duri ng t he war , but f or som e reason i t coul d not be used t hen. Last year , however, i t cam e i nt o use. Over a hundr ed people m ust have been dri ven away fr om t hei r hom es by t he noi se. I am one of t he f ew peopl e l ef t. Someti mes I t hi nk t hi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have been of f er ed a l ar ge sum of m oney to go away, but I am det ermi ned to st ay her e. Ever ybody says I m ust be mad and t hey ar e pr obabl y r i ght. Lesson22 A gl ass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daught er, Jane, never dream ed of recei ving a l et er f r om a gir l of her own age i n Holl and. Last year, we wer e t ravel li ng acr oss t he Channel a nd Jane put a piece of paper wit h her nam e and addr ess on it i nt o a bot l e. She t hr ew t he bot tl e i nt o t he sea. She never t hought of it agai n, but t en m ont hs lat er , she r ecei ved a l et t er f r om a gir l in Hol l and. Both gi rl s wri t e t o each ot her regul arl y now. However , they have deci ded t o use t he post of fi ce. Let er s wi l cost a l it t1e m or e, but t hey wi l cert ai nly t r avel faster. Leson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et t er f r om my si st er yest er day. She l i ves i n Ni geri a. In her l et ter, she sai d t hat she woul d e t o Engl and next ye ar . If she es, she wil l get a sur pr is e. We ar e now li vi ng i n a beauti f ul new house in t he count ry. Wor k on it had begun bef ore m y sister l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve m onths ago. I n m y let er , I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e is a l ovel y gar den. I t is a ver y m oder n house, so it l ooks st range to some peopl e. It m ust be the onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 50 and I felt ver y upset.39。 I said, 39。s not there now.39。Ever yone39。 he sai d. He st art ed t o pl ai n about t hi s wi cked wor ld but was i nt er r upt ed by a knock at t he door. A gir l cam e in and put an envel ope on hi s desk. It cont ained amp。I f ound t his outsi de t his gentl em an39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d to t he manager , 39。 l eson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at l ast . The rail way stati on was bi g, black and dar k. I di d not know t he 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 f or eigner,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each m an speaks a di f erent language. The Engl ish under st and each ot her , but I don39。about39。about 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you l ike it ?39。 I t39。 she sai d, 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 No Par ki ng39。t axi 39。Pi lat us Port er39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi 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 l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a desert