【正文】 overnment wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l arge, unsmil i ng l ady i n a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t tim e, she was busy eat ing. I t r ied t o make conversati on. 39。 No,39。 i f you at e m or e and tal ked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I fi nd it beauti f ul ,39。 gave39。They wi l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be hel d just out si de the capi t al and t he whol e area wi l be cal l ed 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Gl obe soon,39。 she answered. 39。 she answer ed,39。 I asked. 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n four year s39。 2020年我國產(chǎn)量增至 148億平方米，超過日本而成為僅次于美國wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al wor kshop had be e a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er ri ble t i e you bought yester day.39。 my wi f e answer ed as she l ooked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai r s wit h holes i n it and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il i n f r ont of the mi r or. 39。 Young m an,39。Wi l you be spendi ng your hol i days abr oad t hi s year ?39。 t he pat ient answer ed,39。s school fr i ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engl i sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。The Revealer39。You needn39。 I sai d t o m y wif e. 39。 I asked. 39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne modern buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r et ur ned t o England. He had of t en dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o pl ai n about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t here. Har ison had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospit al, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused t o do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned t he hospi t al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi l bert sai d he was inqui ri ng about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Short ly af ter war ds, t he pol i ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f i ve o39。 her m ot her a fr ee dr ess once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of e ight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he c li f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she f ound hersel f i n hospit al . Leson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter 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 er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now