【正文】 to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he c ar and bot h m en wer e ar r ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O l ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pic Gam es wil l be hel d i n our count r y in f our year s39。. Wor ker s wil l have plet ed t he new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui l di ngs have be en designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng f or ward t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been hel d bef or e i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er anean f or m any year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n t he count r y. He had no sooner ret ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Alm ost im m edi at el y he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l sum mer, i t rai ned conti nual y and it was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l i ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l ef t t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t here. Har ison had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weat her. Lesson39 Am I al 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 to t el him whet her his operati on had been successf ul, but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was al one, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l bert . He asked i f Mr Gi l bert 39。 I am Mr John Gi l bert .39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed,39。 I sai d t o m y wi f e. 39。 We m ust n39。You needn39。 39。The Reveal er 39。 I l eft t he money i n my room, 39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do nothi ng. 39。5o. 39。Wel l, 39。 I r epeate d m y questi on several t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor clearl y. 39。l l soon lear n Engl ish!39。. Of cour se, many pict ur es arc not 39。 she asked. 39。It 39。s al l ri ght ,39。 I looked at i t again. She was r ight! I t was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, the boys put up t hei r tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi eld. As soon as t his was done, t hey cooked a meal over an open fi re. They wer e al hungry and t he food smelt good. Af t er a wonderf ul meal , t hey t ol d stor ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some ti me l ater it began to r ain. The boys f elt ti red so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n the m iddle of t he night, two boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l e apt out of t hei r sleepi ng bags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a st ream had f ormed i n t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under their t ent ! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th motori sts. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。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 hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epair bi cycle s and at that tim e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l workshop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Shortl y aft er war ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar r est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted 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 t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n