【正文】 y t rai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 Stop t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used to dri ve a t axi. A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf or d Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo thieves rush out of a shop and r un t owards a wait ing car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi th the money got such a fr ight that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were tr ying to get away in t heir car , Roy drove his bus i nto the back of i t. While t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The thieves39。 car was badly damaged 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。. 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(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har rison, had l ived i n t he 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 setl 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。Wi l you be seei ng i t ?39。 Wi l you be st aying in England?39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regreted saying it al most at once. 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。The st r ap needs m endi ng, 39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new wor ld recor d. She i s a str ong swimmer and many people feel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Erna39。s operation had been successf ul and t he doct or told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be alowed to go home and t he doctor told him that he would have t o stay in hospit al for another t wo weks. Then Dr Mil ingt on asked the cal er if he was a r el ati ve of the pati ent. 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I said to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。The Reveal er 39。 said Mrs Sterli ng l at er , 39。 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(guò)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