【正文】 er for the detecti ve to wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensive dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wrapped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl 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 rested, 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 had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towar ds eveni ng, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore 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 cl if fs. On ar ivi ng at he shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. 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 pol ice man 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 t o his hom e by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was amused t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e to be found. I t was st olen t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t while ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a s hop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both men 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 t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。cl ock in t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld recor d. She is a str ong swi mm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s father wi l set out wi th her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has tr ained 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 stance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r ests every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi 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 m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Gam es wi l l be held in our count ry in 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 swimming pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new roads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wi l l be hel d j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。. Worker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buildi ngs go up. We are al very exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held befor 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 ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er r anean for m any years befor e he r et urned to Engl and. He had of ten dreamed of r et ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained continual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In t he end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold t he house and l ef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so many year s ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hing except the weather . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doctor t o tel l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been successful , but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington