【正文】 l l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it le tim e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。 No Par king39。 she sai d, 39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I 39。about39。 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。I am a for e igner ,39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。Ever yone39。 I said, 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 must be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。5o. 39。Wel l,39。 I r epe ated 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。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 she asked. 39。I t39。s al ri ght,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 meal 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 later it be gan 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 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 ormed 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 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。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very 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 repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At that ti me 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 hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。 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 we re 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。s mot her , who swam 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。. 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 because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of r e ti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down in t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and we nt to li ve there. Alm ost 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 n