【正文】 m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er . The gir l39。 gave39。 her m ot her a fr ee dr es once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed bef or e t he gi rl was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e ni ght i n t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she cover ed a dist ance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ni ng, she saw a l i ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, the gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she f ound herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f rom the l ocal poli ce. In the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to the stat ion yest er day and now he is not wor ri ed any m ore. At the stat ion, he was told by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman tol d him , t he bicycle was picked up i n a smal vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a taxi. A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f indi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf ord Str et recently, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing ca r. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and drove t he bus st raight at he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves wer e tr ying t o get away i n their car, Roy dr ove his bus int o the back of it . Whil e the bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to recogni ze. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。cl ock i n 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 el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s father wi l set out wit h 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 i ends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he English 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 l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wi 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 the count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hotels, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。They wil l also be buildi 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 led 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。. Wor ker 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 watc hing anxiously as t he new buil di 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 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 ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or many years befor 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 f i ne house and went to l ive t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it wa s mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or ref used t o do so. The f ollowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked for Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . H