【正文】 dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves39。Olympic City39。 I said. 39。 she answered. 39。 lesson41 Do you call that a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。t need,39。 I said. 39。 39。 We mustn39。 she answered,39。 I asked. 39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinnerparty, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation. 39。 time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shopassistant was her daughter. The girl39。 No Parking39。s a new one. Do you like it ?39。t have t oo m any hat s, 39。 39。 We m ustn39。 she answer ed,39。 I asked. 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O lympi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held i n our count ry i n f our years39。t any i n si ght: they had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to the chil dr en and thr ew the bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yesterday af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now the 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 r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti me he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that im e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he smal wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which empl oyed seven hundr ed and t wentyei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong r oad to success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opene d and his wi f e came in. She wanted him to repair their son39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al l hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder ful meal, t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e . But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys f elt t ir ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and crept into their tent . Their sleepingbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middl e of the night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of their sleepingbags and hur ri ed out side. I t was rai ni ng heavi ly and t hey f ound that a st ream had f ormed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound it s way acr oss t he fi eld and t hen f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those rar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house i n the ci ty, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wi th m otori sts. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car out side his gate. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。I t39。 What are you doi ng ?39。 It 39。t axi39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l jumped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f fs. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi r l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al the week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om the local pol ice. In t he let er he was asked to cal l at the st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he stati on yester day and now he is not worr ied any mor e. At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng policeman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the poli cem an told him, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. I t i s now being sent to hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was amused t oo, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be found. It was stolen t wenty years ago when Ted wa