【正文】 except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef or e he ret ur ned t o Engl and. He had oft en dream ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l i ve t her e. Alm ost imm edi atel y he began t o pl ain about t he weather, f or even t hough it was sti l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly a nd i t was oft en bi t erl y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He act ed as if he had never l ived i n Engl and bef ore. I n the end, i t was mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardl y had t im e t o set l e down when he sol d t he house and left t he countr y. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended t here. Har ison had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or t o t el him whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r ef used t o do so. The foll owi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mi l i ngt on. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 I am Mr John Gi l bert .39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。Wil you be spendi ng your holi days abroad t hi s year ?39。 Wi l you be staying i n England?39。 Young m an, 39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 my wi f e answered as she looked at her self i n t he mir ror . I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was stil l in fr ont of the m ir ror . 39。 I rem ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。A man can never have t oo 球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l r i ver t hat cut s across the par k near my home. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne af t er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e people r owi ng on t he ri ver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren ki cked a bal very har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out to t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d t hat he near ly f el i nt o t he wat er. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi l dr en, but t here wer en39。 her mot her a f ree dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased before the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he clif f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself in hospit al. Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal police. In the let ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ation. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to 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 sm il ing poli ceman t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a smal vil lage four hundr ed m i les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it . He is f inding hi s new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng along Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As the t hieves were t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ting for her on the Engli sh coast . Among t hem wi l be Erna39。Ol ym pic Ci ty39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。 I said. 39。 she answered. 39。 she answered. 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t be so r ude about it, 39。t need,39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 gave39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ously as she swim s t he l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o t ake short r ests ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。They wil l al so be bui l di ng new r oads and a speci al r ai l way li ne. The Gam es wi l be hel d j ust out si de the capi tal and t he whol e ar ea wi l be cal l ed 39。 No