【正文】 ke conver sati on. 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor tol d him that he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pat ient. 39。 tim e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mming pool. 39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as they once wer e. The tempt at ion t o st eal i s greater t han ever bef or e especi al y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when t he wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal art i cl es. Aft er a li t le t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he wom an si mpl y took t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wi t hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, t he det ect i ve f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daught er . The gi rl 39。Pil atus Port er39。 No Par king39。 she said, 39。s a new one. Do you l ike it ?39。 I39。about 39。 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 eigner ,39。 I said t o the m anager, 39。Wel l,39。 I r epeated 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 le arn Engl ish!39。. Of course, m any pi ct ur es ar c not 39。 she aske d. 39。I t 39。s al l r i ght ,39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Leson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up t hei r tent in t he middl e of a fi el d. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af ter a wonderf ul meal , they tol d stori es and sang songs by t he c am p fi re. But som e ti me l at er i t began t o rai n. The boys fel t tir ed so they pet out t he fi re and crept int o their t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and for table, so they al slept soundly. In the mi ddle of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shout i ng. The tent was full of water ! 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 orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound its 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 hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds that someone has par ked a car outside hi s 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。 i s a sm al l Swi ss aer oplane cal ed a 39。t any in si ght : they had al r un away! The man l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he childr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Leson31 Suces st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was tel li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was his j ob to repair bicycles and at t hat t ime he used t o work fourt een hour s a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal l wor kshop of his own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used t o make spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At tha t ti me he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor kshop had bee a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and twenty ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he remember ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road to success. He was stil l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wi f e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short l y af ter war ds, t he pol i ce st opped t he car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart i s going t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om orr ow. She is goi ng t o set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。. Wor ker s wi l ha ve pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f i ne m odern bui ldings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are looki ng f or ward to t he Ol ym pic Games because they have never been held bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Lesson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost im mediately he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il summer , it rai ned conti