【正文】 bef or eespeci al y i n l ar ge shops. A detect i ve recentl y wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who al ways went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday m orni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a few sm al l ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n the shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat he shop asistant was her daught er. The gir l39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim mer and many peopl e f e l that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wi l be vi si ti ng t he count r y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil di ng new hot el s, an imm ense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm ing pool. 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or tol d him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gil ber t woul d be al owed t o go hom e and t he doct or t ol d him t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal l er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pati ent.39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e to sit next to Mr s Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bold was a lar ge, unsmi li ng l ady i n a t ight black dress. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a s hort ti me, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conversat i on. 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed,39。 I said t o m y wif e. 39。 We m ust n39。You needn39。 39。The Revealer39。t have t oo m any hats,39。t axi 39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake him because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還 是 水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f ine af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and there were some peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man in the boat , but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I turned t o look at the chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towar ds eveni ng, the 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 t he whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat ti me 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 li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar i vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found herself in hospi t al . Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he local poli ce. I n the l eter he was asked t o cal at the stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any more. At the st at ion, he was told by a smil ing poli cem an that hi s bicycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he policeman t ol d hi m, the bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. It is now bei ng sent to his home by t rai n. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he ne ws. He was amused too, because he never expected the bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 Stop thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi le ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。 the pati ent answered,39。 I said. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answered. 39。 she ans wered. 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 i t, 39。t need,39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。 I sai d.