【正文】 One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spendi ng t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er. Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a l i ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was high up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the c li f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospi t al . Lesson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr i sed when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi l e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regr et ted it . He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat f or d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owards a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi t h t he m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。Ol ym pi c Cit y39。 t he pat i ent answer e d,39。 I sai d. 39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 Young m an,39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai t ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。 I r em ar ked suddenly. I regr et ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er ri ble t i e you bought yester day.39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The leader of t he part y was exami ni ng t he soil near t he ent r ance t o the cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole 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 conf ident t hat 39。And a woman can39。 sl owly. It obvi ously could not t el l the dif f er ence bet wen I ndi an m usic and j az! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af t er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesf ul l y fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he f ir st t im e. Though, at fi r st, Byr d and his m en were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns t hat lay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hr ow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e t o ri se and i t cleared t he m ount ains by 400 f eet. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no m or e mountai ns i n si ght. The air craft was able t o f l y over t he endless whit e plai ns wi t hout di f fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est aft er t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f or est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri e d t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggl e, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, bot h m en st art ed running t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r eturned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door . I t had been wr apped up 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