【正文】 The boys f elt 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 their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his ga te. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but these 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 the ugl iest f ace s I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he told me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l t urn motori sts t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 is a smal l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The most sur pri si ng thi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed f iel d. Captai n Fawcet t39。t any i n sight: t hey had al l r un away! The man laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Frank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our teen hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal work shop of hi s own. Dur ing t he war Frank used to make spare part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he smal l work shop had bee a lar ge factory which employed seven hundred and twent yeight peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r emembered his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad to success. He was st il smi li ng when the door opened and his wi fe came i n. She want ed him to r epai r their son39。 gave39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the pol ice stopped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel tom or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swim s the long 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(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held in 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 eted the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have f i ni shed work on the new stadium . The f ine m oder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiously as the new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking forwar d t o the Ol ympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of ret ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l ive ther e. Al most i mmedi at ely he began to plai n about t he weat her , for even though it was stil l summer, it r ained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl a nd bef ore. In the end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was in hospi tal , he asked hi s doct or to t el him whether his oper ati on had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ingt on. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。 A new play is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。Wi l you be seing it ?39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 she answered,39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I sai d to my wi fe. 39。t be so rude about i t,39。 We m ust n39。t need, 39。You needn39。 my wi fe answered.39。 39。 I sai d. 39