【正文】 t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those r are people who bel ieves in ancient m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr oubl e wit h mot or i st s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 signs outside his gat e, but these have not had any ef fect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. I t i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old m e tha t it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or i st s to st one. But none of them has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 i s a smal Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng 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 t39。t any i n sight: they had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ling me about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o work in a smal l shop. It was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work f ourt en hour s a day. He saved money f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that ti me he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge factor y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght people. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road to success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She wanted him t o repair t hei r son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he l ong di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運 動會 The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held i n our count ry i n f our years39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl et ed the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are looking f or war d to t he Ol ympic Games because they have never been held bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in England and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to live t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began t o pl ain about the we ather, f or even though i t was sti l summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many years of suns hine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operat ion had been successf ul, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。Wi l you be seeing i t ?39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enjoying her dinner . 39。 she answer ed, 39。 l esson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said to m y wif e. 39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 We mustn39。t need,39。You needn39。 m y wi fe answer ed.39。 39。 I said. 39。The Reveal e r3