【正文】 hore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f fs. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi r l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al the week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om the local pol ice. In t he let er he was asked to cal l at the st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he stati on yester day and now he is not worr ied any mor e. At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng policeman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the poli cem an told him, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. I t i s now being sent to hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was amused t oo, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be found. It was stolen t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr eted i t. He is f inding hi s new work far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet recent ly, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and r un towards a wai ti ng car . One of them was car rying a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus st raight at the t hi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f r ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. While the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng to swi m across the Engl ish Channel tom or row. She i s goi ng to set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。clock i n the m orning. Erna i s only f ourt en years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s fathe r wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomor row he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as s he swims the long di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O lympi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held i n our count ry i n f our years39。 t im e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a f i ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl et ed the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci te d and are looking f or ward to t he Ol ym pic Games because they have never been held bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was oft en bi t er ly col d. Af t er so m any years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and lef t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except the weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked his doctor t o tel hi m whet her his operat ion had been successful, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owing day, the patient asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngton. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain 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 Gi lbert woul d be al l owed t o go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d have to stay i n hospi tal for another two weks. Then Dr Mil li ngton a sked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。 No,39。 the pati ent answered,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dress. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she w