【正文】 t t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng to get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol i ce. The thi eves39。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt en years ol d and she hopes lo set up a ne w wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er and many peopl e f el that she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。Wel, 39。t her e is sti l som e honest y i n t his wor l d !39。 I r epeat ed m y questi on several tim es and at l ast he under st ood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl ear l y. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not under st and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smi led. Then he sai d somet hi ng and I under st ood i t. 39。l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。t under st and t hem ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under stand modern ar t. They al ways t el l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。 anyt hing. They ar e j ust pret y pat er ns. We li ke t hem i n t he sam e way t hat we l i ke pr et t y cur tai n m ateri al. I t hi nk t hat young chil dren of ten appreciate m oder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not i ce m or e. My si st er i s onl y seven, but she al ways t el ls m e whether m y pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e i nt o my r oom yester day. 39。 she asked. 39。m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l, 39。I t 39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly f or a m om ent. 39。s al r ight,39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n t he af ter noon, the boys put up t hei r t ent i n t he mi ddl e of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and t he f ood sm el t good. Af t er a wonderf ul m eal , they t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t ti r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept i nt o t heir t ent. Their sl epi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. I n t he mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of water! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and t hey f ound that a st r eam had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st r eam wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen fl owed ri ght under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of t hose r ar e people who bel ieves i n ancient m yths. He has j ust 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 otori st s . when he ret ur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car int o hi s garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns outside hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d m e t hat i t was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wil l t ur n m ot or i st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to 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。 gave3