【正文】 our holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。. Workers wi l have pleted t he new roads by the end of t hi s year . By the end of next yea r, they wi l have fi nished work on the new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Ever ybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey have never been hel d before in t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had lived i n the Medi ter ranean for many year s before he retur ned to England. He had oft en dreamed of reti ri ng in Engl and and had pl anned to set tle down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most i mmediat el y he began t o plai n about the weather , f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ained cont inualy and it was oft en bit erl y cold. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He act ed as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef or e. In t he end, i t was m ore t han he could bear . He had har dly had t ime t o setl e down when he sold t he house and lef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weather. Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doctor t o tel l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been successful , but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recogni ze. Short ly af terwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s going t o swi m acr oss t he English Channel t omorr ow. She is going t o set out fr om the French coast at fi ve o39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y 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 r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti me he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that im e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he smal wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which empl oyed seven hundred and t wentyei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the long r oad to success. He was st il l smil ng when t he door opened and his wi f e came in. She wanted him to repair their son39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel 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 water ! 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(chē) 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 pa rked a car outside 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。And a woman can39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gol d coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er r ible tie you bought yester day.39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr eted saying i t al most at once. 39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r or. 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 Young man,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ym pi c Games be