【正文】 i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was oft en bi t er ly col d. Af t er so m any years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had neve r li ved in Engl and befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and lef t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except the weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked his doctor t o tel hi m whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。s mot her , who swa m t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going to swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。t any i n si ght: they had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to the chil dr en and thr ew the bal l back to the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o repair bicycles and at hat t ime he used t o wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he smal l work shop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Fr ank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer opl ane cal led a 39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a m eal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime late r it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of wate r ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outs ide his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。s al ri ght,39。I t39。 she asked. 39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。Wel l,39。5o. 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬(wàn)幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 I said, 39。Ever yone39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。I am a for eigner ,39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。about39。 I 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 she sai d, 39。 No Par king39。Pi l at us Por ter39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tem pt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n l ar ge shops. A detective r ecent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went into a large st or e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there were f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman came in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to watch 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 expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it u