【正文】 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng 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 r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal ed 39。Ol ympic Ci t 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 Gunte r. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buildi ngs go up. We are al very excit ed 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 a nd 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 was 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 had 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 hi s doct or to tel hi m whet her his operat ion had been successful, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, 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 successf 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 t ol d him t hat 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 me 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 t ri ed to make conversation. 39。 A new play i s i ng to 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 staying in England?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoyi ng her dinner. 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 if you ate more and t al ked less, we woul d both enjoy 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。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he 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 i n 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 t hings we don39。t need, 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regret 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 that ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。 39。 I f i nd i t beaut i f ul , 39。 I sai d. 39。A m an can never have t oo 球 還 是水球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nto t he wa ter . I t urned to look at the chil dr en, but ther e weren39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing me about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At that ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so hon