【正文】 39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d ha ve to stay i n hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。Pi l at us Por ter 39。 s he sai d, 39。 I 39。dance39。 I sai d. 39。t need,39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered. 39。 I said. 39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 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 smal 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. The n 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 t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to 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 egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i 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 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。t axi39。 I t39。 What are you doing ?39。. Of course, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。I t39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r ight ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late in t he af ter noon, the boys put up their t ent in the mi ddle of a f ield. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al l hungr y and the f ood smel t good. Aft er a wonder ful meal, t hey t old st or ies and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t ime later it began to r ain. The boys f elt t i r ed 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 t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The te nt was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At that ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s mot her , who swa m 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 Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 Young man,39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been