【正文】 ed cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Aft er so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He ac ted as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In the end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so many year s ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hing except the weather . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ While John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been succesful , but t he doctor r efused to do so. The fol lowing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he telephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nquir ing about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi l ber t39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short ly af ter wards, t he police stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She is goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an 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. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t eli ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that time he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal 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, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Frank sm i l ed when he remember ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e . But some t ime later i t began to rain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f or m ed i n the f iel d. The str eam wound i ts way across the f iel d and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te is one of those rar e people who bel ieves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the cit y, but ever since he moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m ot ori st s. when he r eturns home at night, he al ways f inds t hat someone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car int o his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。s al r ight, 39。I t39。 she asked. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It 39。t it upsi de down ?39。t axi 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil la ge in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange request fr om a businessm an. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t here wer en39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased before the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he clif f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al l she r em ember ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself