【正文】 if e cam e in. She want ed him t o r epair their son39。 Two m onths lat er , some m ore m oney was sent o Sam wit h anot her note: 39。dance39。 I f ind it beaut if ul, 39。We m ustn39。 she answered, 39。 I asked. 39。 I am Mr J ohn Gilber t . 39。s m ot her , who swa m t he Channel her self when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧 林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olym pic Games wil be held in our count r y in f our year s39。wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor k shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeroplanes. At t hat im e he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war , t he sm al wor k shop had bee a lar ge f act or y which em ployed seven hundred and t wentyeight people. Fr ank sm iled when he r em em bered his har d early year s and t he long r oad t o success. He was st il sm ilng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e in. She want ed him t o r epair their son39。s schol f r iends wil be wait ing f or her on t he English coast . Am ong t hem wil be Er na39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。Wil you be spending your holidays abr oad t his year ?39。Young m an, 39。 m y wif e answer ed as she looked at her self in t he m ir r or. Isat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wif e was st il n f r ont of t he m ir or . 39。 I need not r emind you of t hat t er r ible t ie you bought yest er day. 39。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . M y wif e was wear ing a hat t hat looked like a light house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并 非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long walk t hr ough one of t he m arkets of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Af ter a t im e, we not iced a snake char mer wit h t wo lar ge baskets at t he ot her side of t he square, so we went t o have a look at him . As son as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of t he baskets. When he began to play a t une, we had our f ir st glim pse of t he snak e. I t r ose out of t he basket and began to f olow t he m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e very much sur pr ised when t he snake char m er suddenly began t o play jazz t unes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued t o 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。230 ! Lesson47 A t hir sty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A public house which was r ecent ly bought by M r Ian Thompson is up f or sale. M r Thom pson is going t o sell it because it is haunt ed. He t old m e t hat he could not go t o sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f r om t he bar . The next mor ning, he f ound t hat t he door s had been blocked by chair s and t he f urnit ur e had been m oved. Though M r Thom pson had t urned t he light s of befor e he went t o bed, t hey wer e on in t he m or ning. He also said t hat he had found f ive empt y whisky bot les which t he ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vilager s m ust have e in f or a f r ee dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vilager s have t old him t hat t hey wil not accept t he inn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Did you want t o t ell m e som et hing? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent ists always ask quest ions when it is im possible f or you t o answer. M y dent ist had just puled out one of m y t eet h and had t old m e t o r est f or a while. I t r ied t o say something, but m y m out h was f ul of cot tonwool. He knew I colect ed bir ds39。s schol f r iends wil be wait ing f or her on t he English coast . Am ong t hem wil be Er na39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。Wil you be spending your holidays abr oad t his year ?39。Young m an, 39。 m y wif e answer ed as she looked at her self in t he m ir r or. Isat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wif e was st il n f r ont of t he m ir or . 39。 I need not r emind you of t hat t er r ible t ie you bought yest er day. 39。t have t oo many hats, 39。The Revealer 39。 I r emar ked suddenly. I r egr ett ed saying it alm ost at once. 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。Wil you be st aying in England?39。 I said. 39。Olym pic Cit y39。 her m ot her a f r ee dress once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he dar kness 沖 出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gir l was able t o explain what had happened t o her . One af t er noon she set out f r om t he coast in a sm al boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds evening, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gir l jum ped int o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spending t he whole night in t he wat er . Dur ing t hat t im e she covered a dist ance of eight m iles. Ear ly next m orning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he light was high up on t he clif f s. On ar r iving at t he shor e, t he gir l st r uggled up t he clif f t owar ds t he light she had seen. That was al she r em ember ed. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self in hospit al. Lesson34 Quick wor k 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor r ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a let t er f r om t he local police. I n t he let t er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he police, but he went t o t he st at ion yester day and now he is not wor r ied any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t old by a sm ilng policem an t hat his bicycle had been f ound. Five days ago, t he policem an t old him , t he bicycle was picked up in a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed m iles away. I t is now being sent t o his hom e by t r ain. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bicycle t o be f ound. I t was st olen t went y ear s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t een ! Lesson35 S