【正文】 No,39。s f at her wi l set out wi th her i n a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t r ests every t wo hours. She wil l have somet hi ng t o dr i nk but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Er na39。 I sai d. 39。t need,39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered. 39。 I said. 39。Ol ym pic Ci ty39。 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 recent 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。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ible tie you bought yester day.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 in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r or. 39。 Young man,39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 I am Mr John Gil bert. 39。s mot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O l ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pi c Gam es wi l be hel d i n our count r y i n f our years39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren 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 er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used t o wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war , t he sm al wor k shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed him t o repai r t heir son39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s only f ourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor l d recor d. She is a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e to succed. Erna39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m t hat i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l bert woul d be al owed to go hom e and t he doct or t ol d hi m that he woul d have to st ay in hospi t al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ingt on asked the cal er i f he was a r el at i ve of t he pat ient.39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。You needn39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren 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 er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used t o wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat 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 twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years