【正文】 car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short ly af ter wards, t he police st opped the car and bot h men wer e ar est 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 is goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。clock in the mor ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swi mmer a nd many people feel that she i s sur e to succeed. Er na39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every two hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Gam es wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 ti me. As a great many people wil l be vi sit ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Gam es wi l l be hel d just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be caled 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al l ver y excited and ar e l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har r ison, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned to Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned t o setl e down i n the countr y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most im medi ately he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained conti nual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived i n England before. I n the end, it wa s mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardly had tim e to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he ha d had for so many year s ended t her e. Har r ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospital , he asked his doct or to t el him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but t he doct or refused to do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi l ber t said he was inquir ing about a cer tain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor tol d him that he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel 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(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked m e 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 shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 I said. 39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her dinner . 39。 Young m an, 39。 she answer ed, 39。 i f you ate mor e and talked l es, we would bot h enjoy our dinner ! 39。 l eson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 I said to m y wif e. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 my wi f e answered a s she looked at her self i n t he mir ror . I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wi f e was stil l in f r ont of the m ir ror . 39。 We mustn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。You needn39。t have said that, 39。 m y wi fe answer ed.39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yester day. 39。 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。 I said. 39。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to fi nd bur ied t reasur e. The leader of the part y was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the ground. Very excit ed, the par ty dug a hole two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a smal l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par ty then sear ched t he whol e cave thoroughly but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spi te of t his, many people ar e conf ident that 39。The Reveal er 39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d c