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Lesson 29 Taxi
First listen and then answer the question.
Does Captain Forsit think any trip is too dangerous?
Captain Ban Forsit has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
The taxi is a small squice[Swiss] aeroplane, called Perris Porter.
This wonderful plane can carry 7 pessangers[passengers].
The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere on snow, water or even on a plound[ploughed] field.
Captain Forsit's first pessanger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
Since then Captain Forsit has flew[flown] pessangers[passengers] to many unusual places.
Once he landed on a roof of a block flaps[of flats].
And on another occasion he landed in a dessert[deserted] car park.
Captain Forsit [has] just refused a strange request from a businessman.
The man wanted to fly to Wako, a lonely island in [the] Atlantic Ocean.
But Captain Forsit did not take him.
Because the trip was too dangerous.

Lesson 30 Football or polo
First listen and then answer the question.
What happened to the man in the boat?
The Wail is a small river that comes[cuts] across the park near my home.
I like sitting by the Wail on a fine afternoon[fine afternoons].
It was warm last Sunday.
So i went and sat on the river bank as usual.
Some children were playing games on the bank.
And there were some people rowing on the river.
Suddenly one of the children kicked the[a] ball very hard.
And it went on[towards] a passing boat.
Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat.
But he did not hear them.
The ball was striking so hard that it nearly fell into the water.
[The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.]
I turned to look at the children.
But they were not in any sight[there weren't any in sight], they had all run away.
The man laughed when he realized what had happened.
He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.