【正文】 to m y wi fe. 39。 39。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt 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 peopl e f el that she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our year s39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。And a woman can39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。 she answered. 39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 39。 I said. 39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said. 39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to 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 int o the 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 eight 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 high up on t he cli f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr i ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked t o cal at the stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr ied any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a sm il ng poli ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a sm al l vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now being sent to hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it . He is f inding hi s new wor k far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng along Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent that 39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the pol ice stopped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wi l be vi si ti ng the count ry, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotels, an im mense stadi um , and a f ine new swi mm ing pool. 39。 I asked. 39。 We m ustn39。t have t oo many hat s, 39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our year s39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。And a woman can39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked l es, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。 gave39。 I said. 39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said. 39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to 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 int o the 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 eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She kne w she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was high up on t he cli f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she