【正文】 The str ap needs mendi ng,39。A man can never have too into the cave hoping to f ind buri ed t reasure. The leader of the part y was examini ng t he soi l near the ent rance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y excited, t he par ty dug a hole two f et deep. They fi nal y found a smal l gold coi n whi ch was al most wor thles. The par ty t hen sear ched the whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n trunk. In spite of this, many peopl e ar e conf ident that 39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regreted saying it al most at once. 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 Wi l you be st aying in England?39。Wi l you be seei ng i t ?39。. Wor ker s wi l have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they wil have fi ni shed wor k on t he new st adium. The fi ne moder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be wat ching anxiousl y as the new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l very excit ed and ar e looking for war d to the Olympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e i n this country. Leson38 Everyt hing except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har rison, had l ived i n the Medi t er anean f or many year s before he returned to England. He had oft en dreamed of retir ing in Engl and and had pl anned to se ttl e down in t he countr y. He had no sooner returned t han he bought a fine house and went to li ve t her e. Almost immediately he began t o pl ai n about the weat her, for even though it was stil l summer , it rained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. After so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n the end, i t was mor e than he could bear . He had hardly had t ime to setl e down when he sold t he house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended t here. Har rison had thought of everything except the weather . Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gilbert was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or to t el l hi m whether hi s oper at ion had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngt on. When the doct or answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient , a Mr John Gil bert . He asked if Mr Gil bert 39。 car was badly dama ged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tly af ter war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h men were ar ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s going to swim across the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She i s going to set out f rom t he French coast at five o39。 slowly. It obviously coul d not tel the di f er ence between I ndian musi c and jaz! Leson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three year s af ter hi s f li ght over t he Nort h Pol e, the Amer ican expl or er , R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over the Sout h Pole f or the f irst time. Though, at fi rst , Byr d and hi s men were abl e to t ake a gr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, t hey soon ran into ser ious t roubl e. At one poi nt , i t semed cert ai n that their pl ane would cr ash. I t coul d onl y get over t he mount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f et. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o rise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be abl e t o reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, f or there were no mor e mountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endles white plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a forest after two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est with her children and t ried to steal her handbag. I n the st ruggl e, the st rap br oke and, with t he bag in their possesion, bot h men start ed r unning through t he t rees. Mrs Sterli ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breat h, but she cont inued to r un. When she caught up wit h them, she saw t hat they had sat down and were goi ng t hr ough the content s of the bag, so she r an straight at them. The men got such a fr ight t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 I sai d. 39。t need,39。 leson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I said. 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。 her mother a fr e dress once a week ! le son33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearly a week pased before t he gir l was able t o explain what had happened to her . One af ternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towards eveni ng, the boat str uck a rock and the gi rl jumped i nt o the sea. Then she swam to the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght in t he water. Dur ing that ime she covered a di stance of ei ght miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cl if fs. On ar iving at the shore, the gi rl st ruggled up the cl if t owards the li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day la ter, she f ound hersel f in hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ried al l the wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he stati on yester day and now he i s not wor ied any more. At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli ceman that his bi cycle had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman told him, t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundred m il es away. It is now being sent t o hi s hom e b