【正文】 ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er a nd many peopl e f el that she is sure t o 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. Erna i nt ends t o take short 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 . Among 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 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 t i m e. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he count ry, the gover nment wil l be bui lding new hot els, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wi l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。Ol ympic Ci ty39。. Workers wil l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t his year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f inished work on the new st adi um . The fi ne moder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be wa tching anxiously as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for war d t o the Ol ympi c Games because t hey have never been held befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except the weather 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old f r iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er r anean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had of ten dreamed of ret ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it wa s mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he ha d had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or ref used t o do so. The f ollowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned the hospit al exchange and asked for Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked if Mr Gi lbert 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t ol d him t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al owed to go hom e and the doctor tol d him that he would have to st ay in hospital f or another two weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal ler i f he was a relat ive of the pati ent .39。 No,39。 t he pat ient answered,39。 I am Mr John Gi l ber t. 39。 Leson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked m e to si t next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rumbold was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady in a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied to make conversati on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Gl obe soon,39。 I sai d. 39。Wi l you be sei ng it ?39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wil l you be spending your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 if you ate more and t al ked less, we woul d bot h enj oy our dinner !39。 lesson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 I sai d to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。t be so rude about i t, 39。 m y wif e answer ed a s she l ooked at her sel f in the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose modern chair s wi th holes i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wi fe was sti l i n fr ont of t he mi r or. 39。 We m ust n39。t buy things we don39。t need, 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regr et ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 my wi f e answered.39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful ,39。 I sai d. 39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o f ind buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng the soil near the entr ance t o the cave when the machine showed that there was gol d under the gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a smal gold coin which was almost wor thless. The part y t hen sear ched the whole cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anythi ng except an empt y t i n t r unk. In spit e of this, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。The Reveal er39。 may r eveal somet hing of val ue fai 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 car s. A lot of car s entered f or thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excitem ent just bef ore i t began. One of the most handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent more ti me under t hei r car s than i n them