【正文】 ant was her daught er. The gi rl39。 gave39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! leson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed befor e t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a storm. Towar ds evening, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he girl j umped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whole night i n t he water. Duri ng t hat ime she covered a di st ance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar ri vi ng at he shor e, the gi rl st r uggl ed up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r emem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self in hospit al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he received a l et ter f rom t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he l et ter he was asked to cal l at t he stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the pol ice, but he went t o the st at ion yest er day and now he is not worri ed any m or e. At the st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman told him, t he bi cycle was pi cked up i n a smal l vi l age four hundred mil es away. It is now bei ng sent t o hi s home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was t olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Lesson35 St op thief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to dri ve a t axi. A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e excit ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat ford Str eet recent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ng car. One of them was car rying a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted qui ckly and dr ove the bus st r ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e t ryi ng t o get away i n thei r car, Roy dr ove his bus i nt o t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The thieves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going t o swim across t he Engl ish Channel t om or row. She is goi ng t o set out fr om the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。cl ock i n t he morning. Er na is onl y f ourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new worl d recor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any peopl e feel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Erna39。s f at her wil set out wit h her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has t rained his daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ously as she swim s t he l ong distance to Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t r est ever y t wo hours. She wil have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Er na39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he English coast . Am ong them wil be Erna39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympic Gam es wil l be hel d in our country i n four year s39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wil be vi si ting the country, the gover nment wi l be buil di ng new hot els, an i mmense stadium, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool . 39。They wil also be building new roads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wil be held j ust outside the capi tal and the whole area wil l be cal ed 39。Ol ympi c City39。. Worker s wil have pleted the new r oads by t he end of this year . By the end of next year , t hey wil l have f inished work on the new stadi um. The f ine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Ever ybody wi l be watching anxiously as the new bui ldings go up. We are al ver y exci ted and are looki ng f or war d to t he t hey under st and modern art . They always t el l you what a pi ct ur e is 39。about39。. Of course, many pictures ar c not 39。about39。 anyt hi ng. They are just pret y pat er ns. We like them in t he same way that we l ike pr et ty cur tain material. I think that young chi ldren of ten appreci at e moder n pictures beter than anyone el se. They noti ce more. My si ster is onl y seven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my r oom yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 She looked at it crit ical ly f or a moment. 39。 I t39。s al ri ght, 39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it upsidedown ?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up their tent i n the middl e of a fi el d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, they told st ories and sang songs by the camp fi re. But some ti me later i t began to r ai n. The boys f el t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and cr ept into t heir t ent. Their sleepingbags wer e war m and fort able, so they al l slept soundl y. In t he mi ddle of the ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hur ried out si de. I t was raining heavily and they f ound that a st ream had f or med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the fi el d and then f lowed r ight under thei r t ent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rare people who beli eves i n ancient myths. He has just