【正文】 ore. My sist er i s only seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。A m an can never have t oo t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er r i bl e t i e you bought yest er day. 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egr et t ed sayi ng i t al m ost at once. 39。 m y wi f e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he m i r r or . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai r s wi t h hol es i n i t and wai t ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f a n hour and m y wi f e was st i l l i n f r ont of t he m i r 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 holi days abroad thi s year ?39。Wil l 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 thi s year . By the end of next year, 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)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har i son, had l ived i n the M edi ter ranean for many year s bef or e he retur ned to England. He had oft en dreamed of reti ri ng in Engl and and had pl anned to set tl e down in the 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 weat her , f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er, it r ained cont inualy and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Aft er so many years of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In t he end, i t was more t han he could bear . He had har dly had t ime t o set le down when he sold t he 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？ Whi le 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 ef used to do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he telephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answer ed t he 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 m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o 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 f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。t any in sight : t hey had al l run away! The man laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldren and t hrew t he bal back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our teen hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor k shop of hi s own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At t hat 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 twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane 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 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 began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept into their t ent . Their sl eping bags were warm and fort able, 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 ning heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st r eam had form ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e i s one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has j ust bought a new house in t he ci ty, but ever since he moved in, he has had t rouble wi t h motor ists. when he ret ur ns home at ni ght, he always fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s gat e. Because of t hi s, he has not been able 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。about 39。 What are you doing ?39。 I answered. 39。 I t39。t i t upside down ?39。t axi39。s fi rst pa senger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bi rm ingham to a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to m any unusual place