Lesson 29 Taxi

but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.

弗西特機長之所以不送他去，是因為那段飛行太危險了。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home.

威爾河是橫穿過我家附近公園的一條小河。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.

我喜歡在天氣晴朗的下午到河邊坐坐。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.

上星期日天氣很暖和。于是我和往常一樣，又去河邊坐著。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river.

河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在劃船。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat.

突然，一個孩子狠狠地踢了一腳球，球便向著一只劃過來的小船飛去。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.

岸上的一些人對著小船上的人高喊，但他沒有聽見。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.

球重重地打在他身上，使他差點兒落入水中。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened.

我轉過頭去看那些孩子，但一個也不見，全都跑了！當那個人明白了發生的事情時，笑了起來。

Lesson 30 Football or polo

He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

他大聲叫著那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。

Lesson 31 Success story

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.

昨天下午弗蘭克。霍金斯向我講述了他年輕時的經歷。

Lesson 31 Success story

Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.

在退休前，弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業公司的經理，但他小時候卻在一家小鋪里做工。

Lesson 31 Success story

It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.

他那時的工作是修理自行車，并且通常是一天工作14個小時。

Lesson 31 Success story

He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.

他靠多年積蓄，于1958年買下了自己的一個小鋪子。

Lesson 31 Success story

In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.

20多歲的時候，弗蘭克曾生產飛機零配件。

Lesson 31 Success story

At that time he had two helpers.

那時他有兩個幫手。

Lesson 31 Success story

In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.

幾年之后，小鋪子已經發展成了一個雇有728人的大工廠。

Lesson 31 Success story

Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.

弗蘭克回想著他早年的艱難經歷和走過的漫長的成功之路，微笑了。

Lesson 31 Success story

He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.

他正笑著的時候門開了，他的妻子走了進來。

Lesson 31 Success story

She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!

她叫他去修理孫子的自行車。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

People are not so honest as they once were.

人們不再像以前那樣誠實了。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

The temptation to steal is greater than ever before -- especially in large shops.

偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候都更強烈 -- 特別是在大的商店里。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings.

一名偵探最近注意上了一位穿著講究的婦女，她總是在星期一上午進入一家大商場。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in,

有一個星期一，當這位婦女走進這家商場時，里面的人比往常少，

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

so it was easier for the detective to watch her.

因此，偵探比較容易監視她。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

The woman first bought a few small articles.

這位婦女先是買了幾樣小商品。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible.

過了一會兒，她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。那售貨員以最快的速度為她包好了衣服。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying.

然后，那婦女拿過包就走出了商場，根本沒有付錢。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter.

她被逮捕后。偵探發現原來那售貨員是她的女兒。

Lesson 32 Shopping made easy

The girl 'gave' her mother a free dress once a week!

那姑娘每星期“送”她母親一件免費的衣服！