【正文】 n t he wom an sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。 gave39。 her mot her a f r e dr ess once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek pased befor e the gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened to her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boa t st r uck a r ock and the gir l j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng that im e she covered a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear l y 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 s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospi t al . Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l the wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he i s not worr ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used to dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf ord St r et recent l y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus st rai ght at he t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr oppe d t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr ying t o get away i n t hei r car, Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi le t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and tel ephoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel t om orr ow. She is goi ng t o set out f rom t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。cl ock i n the m or ning. Er na i s onl y f our t en years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s f at her wi l set out wi th her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swims t he l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o t ake shor t r ests ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。s school fr i ends wil l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engl i sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。s m ot her, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ympi c G ames 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Olym pi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n f our year s39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wi l be vi si ti ng t he count r y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil di ng new hot el s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm i ng pool. 39。They wil al so be bui ldi ng new r oads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Gam es wil l be hel d j ust outsi de t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed t he new r oads by the end of t hi s year. By the end of next year , t hey wi l have fi nished work on t he new s tadi um. The f i ne m oder n bui l 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 are al ver y excit ed and are l ooki ng f or war d t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count r y. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l i ved i n t he Medi t er ranean for many year s befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dream ed of r et ir ing 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 ur ned t han he bought a f i ne house and went t o li ve t her e. Alm ost im m edi at el y he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er, it r ai ned cont inual y and it was oft en bit erl y cold. Aft er so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived i n Engl and bef ore. I n the end, i t was m or e t han he coul d bear . He had har dl y had t im e to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her . Leson39 Am I al l right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospi t al , he asked hi s doct or to t el him whet her his 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 el ephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr