【正文】 her on the Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O l ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pic Gam es wi l be hel d in our count r y i n f our years39。 tim e. As a great m any peopl e wil l be vi si ti ng t he countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm i ng pool. 39。They wi l al so be buil di ng new roads and a special rail wayl ine. The Gam es wil l be hel d j ust out si de t he capit al and t he whol e ar ea wi l be cal ed 39。Ol ym pi c Ci t y39。. Workers wi l have plet ed t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil ha ve fi nished wor k on the new st adi um . The fi ne m oder n buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er. Ever ybody wil l be watchi ng anxi ously as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olym pi c Gam es because t hey have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et ur ned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eam ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set l e down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o li ve t her e. Al most i mm edi at el y he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , f or even though it was sti l sum mer, i t rai ned cont i nual y and it was of ten bit t er ly col d. Af t er so many year s of sunshine, Har ri son got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and l ef t the count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was i n hospi t al, he asked hi s doct or to t el l him whether hi s operati on had been successf ul, but t he doct or ref used t o do so. The f ol l owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil bert would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor t ol d him t hat he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil ingt on asked the cal er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pat ient. 39。 No, 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, the host es asked me to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a short ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make球 還 是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nto t he water . I t urned to look at the chil dr en, but ther e weren39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal l wor kshop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e par ts for aer oplanes. At that ti me he had two hel pers. By the end of the war , the smal wor kshop had bee a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and twenty ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he rem em ber ed his hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng made 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 i s greater than ever bef ore especial y in lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e fewer peopl e in 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 ticl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the most expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar res ted, the detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gir l39。 gave39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what ha