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yt hi ng except t he weat her. Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈? Whi l e John Gi l bert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whether hi s oper ati on had been successf ul , but t he doct or ref used t o do so. The f ol l owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer t ai n pat i ent, a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 I am Mr John Gi l bert .39。Wi l you be seei ng it。 A new play i s i ng t o The Globe soon,39。 No,39。They wil al so be bui ldi ng new r oads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outsi de t he capit al and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s f at her wil l set out wit h her i n a smal boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or year s. Tom or row he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong distance to Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake shor t r est s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wil not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 gave39。 I said. 39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。t need,39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 l esson41 Do you call that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎? 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oying her di nner . 39。 she answered. 39。 she answered. 39。 I said. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or he r on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a sm al boat and was caught in a st orm . Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui 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 t er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. In t he l et er 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 ice, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an t ol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊! Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owards a wai ti ng car . One of them was car ying a bag f ull of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the t hieves. The one wit h t he money got such a fr ight that he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e tr ying t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy dr ove his bus int o the back of it . Whil e the bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned the pol ice. The t hieves39。A m an can never have t oo 球 還 是水球? The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr 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 har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nto t he wa ter . I t urned to look at the chil dr en, but ther e weren39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose modern chair s wi th holes i n it and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wi fe was sti l i n fr ont of t he mi r or . 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 Young man,39。 Wil l you be staying in England?39。Wil l you be spending your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 I sai d. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。Ol ympic Ci t y39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l jumped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whole night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di stance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor