【正文】 a busi nessman. The man want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the tr ip was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I tur ne d t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。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。s bi cycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once wer e. The temptat ion t o st eal i s greater than ever bef or e especi al y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecent l y watched a wel dr essed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge store on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came in, so it was easier f or the detective t o wat ch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chose one of the most expensi ve dreses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 gave39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi r l was able to explain what had happened to her . One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an t ol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ain. Te d was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf ord Str et recent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus st raight at he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car , Roy drove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he police. The thi eves39。 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。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。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 school fr iends wil l be wait ing f