【正文】 ual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland 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. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal l r iver that cut s acr oss the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and t her e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Some 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 hard tha t he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t her e wer en39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal i s greater than ever bef ore especial y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge stor e on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, there wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easi er f or t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an f i r st bought a f ew sm al l ar t i cl es. Af t er a l i t t l e t i m e, she chose one of t hethere, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very 5 No wrong numbers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for is new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Ye terday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minut s. Up t now, Mr Scott has s nt a great many request for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garag to t e ot er. In this way, he has begun his own priv e telephone 6 Percy Buttons 珀西The Nicest Garden Competition39。s garden is larger than J e39。s g rden is more interestin . He has made neat paths and has built a w oden bridge over a po l. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden t her e, he wil l f l y to Per th. My br other has never been abr oad bef or e, so he is f i ndi ng this t ri p ver y excit i ng. Lesson 5 No wrong num bers 無(wú)錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞 Mr Jam es Scot has a gar age i n Sil bur y and now he has j ust bought anot her garage i n Pinhurst. Pi nhur st i s onl y fi ve mi les f rom Si l bur y, but Mr Scott cannot get a tel ephone for his new gar age, so he has j ust bought t wel ve pi geons. Yester day, a pi geon car ri ed the f ir st m essage f r om Pi nhur st t o Sil bur y. The bi r d covered t he di stance i n t hree mi nut e s. Up t o now, Mr Scott has sent a gr eat many r equest s f or spar e part s and ot her ur gent m essages fr om one gar age t o t he ot her . In t his way, he has begun his own pr i vat e tel ephone ser vi ce. Leson 6 Percy But ons 珀西The Ni cest Garden Competi ti on39。s garden i s lar ger t han Joe39。s gar den is m or e i nt eresting. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool. I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti tion too, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A cold wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hal l. I t was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed unde r t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t wenty m inutes39。I t 39。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t was tr ue. The big cl ock refused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and si ng. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不適于演奏爵士樂(lè) We have an ol d musical i nst r um ent . It i s cal ed a clavichor d(翼琴 ). I t was made i n Ger many i n 1681. Our clavichord i s kept i n t he l i vi ng r oom. I t has bel ong t o our fami ly f or a l ong t im e. The i nstr ument was bought by m y gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr i ed t o pl ay j azz on it ! She st ruck t he keys t oo har d and t wo of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My fat her was shocked. Now we ar e not al owed t o t ouch it. I t is bei ng r epai r ed by a fr iend of my f ather39。s off ice year s ago, but he is now worki ng at a bank. He get s a good sal ar y, but he al ways borr ows m oney fr om hi s fr i ends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and cam e and sat at t he sam e t abl e. He has never bor rowed m oney f r om me. Whil e he was eati ng, I asked him t o l end m e amp。I have never borr owed any m oney fr om you,39。so now you can pay f or m y di nner !39。clock so we shal have pl ent y of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and then we shal say good bye t o him . He wi l be away for t wo mont hs. We ar e very pr oud of hi m. He wi l t ake par t in an i mport ant r ace across the At lant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys are a gr oup of popul ar singers. At present , they are vi si ti ng al l par ts of t he countr y. They wi l l be ar ri ving here t omorr ow. They wil l be ing by t rain and m ost of the young peopl e in the town wil l be meet ing t hem at the stat ion. Tom orr ow eveni ng they wi l be singing at t he Worker s39。Do you speak Engli sh?39。Mr. Har mswort h,39。Don39。 he Said. Then he smil ed and told me I would recei ve an ext ra amp。 Sir , we wel e you t o our city. This is a No Par ki ng ar ea. You wil l enj oy your stay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str eet signs. Thi s note i s onl y a r eminder. 39。My dear, i t m ust be t er ri ble t o be grown up!