【正文】 l, a lonely island 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. Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r iver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el int o the wat er. I tur ned to l ook at t he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is greater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewe r peopl e i n the shop than usual when the wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an as ist ant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then the wom an si mply took t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wi t hout pa yi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! leson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week passed bef ore t he gi rl was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and wa s caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore aft er spending t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. Tha t was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was tol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , the bi cycle was pi cked up in a sm al l vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it . He is f inding hi s new wor k far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng along Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag ful l of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped the bag. As the t hieves were t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。clock in the mor ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swim mer and many people feel t hat she i s sur e to succeed. Erna39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。and it 39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。5o. 39。s r oom 39。Wel l, 39。t her e i s st il l some honest y i n thi s wor l d ! 39。 I repeat ed my quest ion sever al t im es and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei ther sl owly nor clearl y. 39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and hi m. My teacher never spoke Engli sh li ke that! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and smil ed. Then he sai d something and I understood i t. 39。l l soon l ear n Engli sh! 39。t under st and them ! Do they speak Engli sh ? lesson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評論家 I am an ar t student and I paint a lot of pictur es. Many peopl e pret end that hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways t el you what a pictur e is 39。. Of cour se, many pictur es ar c not 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pret y pat er ns. We li ke them in t he same way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young chi ldr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er i s only seven, but she a lways t el ls m e whether my pict ures are good or not. She cam e into my r oom yest erday. 39。 she asked. 39。m hanging this pi ct ure on t he wal ,39。I t39。 She l ooked at it cri ti cal ly for a moment. 39。s al r ight, 39。but i sn39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle 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 the f ood sm el t g