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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 Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wil have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol i d food. Most of Er na39。 gave39。球還是水球? The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi l dr en kicked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out t o t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck him so har d t hat he near l y fel i nt o t he water. I t urned t o look a t the chil dren, but t her e wer en39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened t o her. One af t er noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore aft er spending t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cli f fs. On ar i vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl st ruggl ed up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊! Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. 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 along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str aight at t he t hi e ves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves wer e t r yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e t he bat ered car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hieves39。s school f ri ends wil be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。Ol ym pi c Cit y39。 t he pat ient answere d,39。 I said. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answered. 39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎? 39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。t need,39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 gave39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he long di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。 No,39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No, 39。 No,39。 No,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。You needn39。t buy thi ngs we don39。t have said t hat ,39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul ,39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an f ir st bought a f ew sm al l arti cles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he 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 parcel 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 that the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s onl y f ourt een years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d recor d. She is a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e to succeed. Er na39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be vi sit i ng the count r y, t he governm ent wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense stadi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s oper ati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m that i t had been. He t hen aske