【正文】 ooki ng for ward t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d before i n t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fri end, Har ison, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean f or m any years bef or e he r et ur ned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r eti ri ng i n England and had planned to set le down i n the count ry. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost immedi at el y he began to pl ai n about the weather , f or even though it was sti l summer , it rained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. After so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in England bef ore. I n the end, i t was mor e than he could bear . He had hardly had t ime t o setl e down when he sold t he house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended t here. Har ri son had thought of everything except the weather . Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gilbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o tel l hi m whet her hi s and he told me t hat it was Medusa, the Gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l turn motori st s t o st one. But none of them has been turned to st one yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。s m ot her, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The O lym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wil be hel d i n our count ry i n four years39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short ly aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h men wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel tom orr ow. She is going to set out fr om the French coast at f ive o39。t any in sight : t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hr ew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yest er day af ternoon Frank Hawkins was t el ing m e about his experiences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y large business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was his j ob t o r epair bi cycles and at t hat ime he used t o work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney for years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al wor k shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o m ake spar e part s for aeroplanes. At that tim e he had two hel pers. By t he end of t he war, the smal wor kshop had be e a l arge fact or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundred and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smi led when he rem em bered hi s hard ear ly year s and the long r oad t o success. He was ti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed him to r epair thei r son39。 i s a smal l Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。t axi39。s fir st passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Birm ingham t o a l onely vil age i n t he Wel sh mount ai ns. Si nce then, Captain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on the roof of a bl ock of f lats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a desert ed car park. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust refused a st range r equest f rom a busi nesm an. The man wanted to f ly t o Rockal, a l onel y island i n the Atl anti c Ocean, but Ca ptai n Fawcet t di d not take him because t he tr ip was too danger ous. Lesson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike si ti ng by t he Wayle on fi ne aft er noons. I t was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and ther e wer e som e peopl e rowing on t he r iver . Suddenly, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal led out to t he man in t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal l str uck him so har d that he near ly f el l i nt o the wat er . I t ur ned to l ook at t he chi ldren, but t here weren39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a wek ! l esson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed bef or e t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, t he boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j um ped into t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole night i n t he wat er. Duri ng t hat ime she covered a di st ance of ei ght mil es. Earl y next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was high up on t he cli fs. On ar ri vi ng at he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he clif f t owar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r emem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self in hospit al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he received a l et ter f rom t he l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked to cal l at the st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went t o the st ati on yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was told by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bicycl 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 smal vil age f our hundr ed mi les away. It i s now bei ng sent to his hom e by tr ai n. Ted was most sur pr ised when he heard t he news. He was amused t oo, because he never expected the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was tolen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used t o dr i ve a taxi . A short whi le ago, however, he became abus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was