【正文】 The Reveal er 39。 I said to my wi fe. 39。 39。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only f ourt en years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er and many people f el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。 39。t be so rude about it ,39。 she answer ed. 39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing for her on the English coast. Among t hem wi l l be Er na39。 is a smal Swiss aeropl ane ca l led a 39。. Workers wi l have pl et ed t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , t hey wi l have f ini shed wor k on t he new st adi um. The fi ne modern buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter . Everybody wi l be watching anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng f orwar d t o the Ol ympi c Games because they have never been hel d bef ore in thi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived i n t he Medi ter ranean for many year s bef or e he retur ned to England. He had oft en dr eamed of ret ir ing in Engl and and had pl anned to set tl e down in the countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went to li ve t her e. Al most immedi at ely he began to plai n about the weat her , f or even though i t was st il l summer, i t r ai ned conti nual y and it was oft en bit ter ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never lived in Engl and befor e. In the end, i t was more than he coul d bear. He had har dly had ti me to set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l ef t t he count ry. The dream he had had for so many years ended t her e. Ha r i son had thought of ever ything except t he weather. Leson39 Am I al l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or to t el l him whet her hi s operat ion had been successful , but the doct or ref used to do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was alone, he tel ephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gil ber t said he was inquir ing about a cer tain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked if Mr Gi lber t39。 Wi l you be staying in England?39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I r egr eted sayi ng i t almost at onc e. 39。 sl owly. I t obviousl y could not tel l and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。They wi l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rail wayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d just out si de the capit al and the whol e area wi l be cal l ed 39。 No, 39。t buy t hings we don39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very musi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long walk through one of the mar ket s of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Af t er a t i m e, we not i ced a snake char m er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f i r s t gl i m pse of t he snake. I t r ose out of t he basket and began t o f ol l ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake char m er suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , cont i nued t o 39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。 Young man, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。t any in sight : t hey had al l run away! The man laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldren and t hrew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing me about his exper iences as a young man. Frank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that ti me he used t o wor k f our teen hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used to m ake spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent yeight peopl e. Fr ank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opene d and his wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。 I fi nd i t beaut if ul,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked les, we would both enj oy our di nner !39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 gave39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變 得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The temptat ion to st eal is gr eat er t han ever bef or e especial y i n l arge shops. A det ect ive recent ly watched a wel l dr esed wom an who always went i nto a l arge st ore on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when t he woman cam e i n, so it was easi er for the det ecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman fi rst bought a f ew sm al l art icl es. Af ter a l it tle ti me, she chose one of t he most expensive dresses i n the shop and handed i t t o an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the woman simpl y took t he parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, the detecti ve f ound out that t he shop asistant was her daughter . The