【正文】 m. The fi ne moder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be watchi ng anxiousl y as t he 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 t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everything except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean for many years bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had often dreamed of r et ir ing in England and had planned to set tle down in the country. He had no sooner et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most immedi at el y he began to pl ai n about the weather, for even t hough i t was st il l summ er , i t r ai ned conti nualy and it was oft en bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in Engl and bef or e. In t he end, it was mor e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me to set tle down when he sold the house and left the count ry. The dream he had had for so many year s ended there. Har ison had thought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am Ial l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to t el him whether his operati on had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned t he hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lington. When the doct or answered the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inqui ri ng about a certain patient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Short ly after war ds, t he police st opped t he car a nd both men wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart is goi ng t o swi m acr oss the English Channel tomor row. She is going to set out fr om the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。 is a smal l Swiss aeroplane caled a 39。s al ri ght, 39。 she asked. 39。 I answered. 39。t it upside down ?39。s f irst pasenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bir mingham to a l onely vil age in t he Wel sh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcet has fl own passengers t o many unusual places. Once he l anded on the roof of a bl ock of lats and on another occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has j ust refused a st range request f rom a businessman. The man wanted to fl y to Rockal, a lonel y island i n the At lant ic Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him because the tr ip was t oo dangerous. Leson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal l r iver t hat cuts acr oss the park near my home. I l ike si ti ng by the Wayle on f ine af ternoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the ri ver bank as usual. Some chi ldren wer e pl aying games on t he bank and ther e wer e some peopl e r owing on t he r iver . Suddenl y, one of the chil dr en ki cked a bal very hard and i t went t owards apassing boat. Some people on the bank cal ed out t o the man i n the boat, but he did not hear them. The bal struck hi m so hard t hat he near ly fel into t he water. I turned to look at the chi ldren, but there weren39。s school fr iends wil be wai ting for her on the English coast . Among them wil be Erna39。 t he patient answered, 39。Wil you be spending your hol idays abroad this year ?39。 Young man,39。 my wif e answered as she looked at her self in t he mi ror . I sat down on one of those modern chair s with holes i n it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wif e was st il l i n fr ont of the mir ror. 39。 I need not remind you of t hat ter ible ti e you bought yesterday.39。 she asked. 39。s al ri ght, 39。 is a smal l Swiss aeroplane caled a 39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Short ly after war ds, t he police st opped t he car and both men wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart is goi ng t o swi m acr oss the English Channel tomor row. She is going to set out fr om the Fr ench coast at f ive 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 watchi ng anxiousl y as t he 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 t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everything except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean for many years bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had often dreamed of r et ir ing in England and had planned to set tle down in the country. He had no sooner et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most immedi at el y he began to pl ai n about the weather, for even t hough i t was st il l summ er , i t r ai ned conti nualy and it was oft en bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in Engl and bef or e. In t he end, it was mor e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me to set tle down when he sold the house and left the count ry. The dream he had had for so many year s ended there. Har ison had thought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am Ial l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to t el him whether his operati on had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned t he hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lington. When the doct or answered the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inqui ri ng about a certain patient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。Wil you be seing it ?39。 I asked. 39。 I sai d to my wif e. 39。You needn39。The Reveal er 39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t