【正文】 s rush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car yi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h the money got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e trying t o get away in their car, Roy dr ove his bus into t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed ca r was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。They wil also be bui lding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wi l be held just outside the capi tal and the whole area wil be cal ed 39。 she answer ed. 39。t need,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。Wil l you be seei ng i t ?39。 I said t o my wife. 39。The Revealer39。They wil also be bui lding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wi l be held just outside the capi tal and the whole area wil be cal ed 39。 39。 she answer ed, 39。 I am Mr John Gil bert .39。t any in sight: they had al l r un away! The man laughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dr en and threw the bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success tory 成功者的故事 Yest er day after noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal shop. It was his j ob t o repair bicycles and at hat time he used to wor k f ourt en hours a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o make spare par ts for aer oplanes. At that ime he had two hel pers. By the end of t he war, the smal workshop had bee a large fact or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smiled when he remem bered hi s hard early year s and the long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m to r epair thei r son39。t be so rude about it ,39。 she answered. 39。s father wi l set out with her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has trained hi s daughter for year s. Tomor row he wi l be watching her anxiously as she swi ms the long distance to England. Er na i nt ends t o take short r ests every t wo hours. She wi l have something to drink but she wi l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on the Engli sh coast. Among them wil l be Erna39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 my wi fe answered as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mir ror. I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been i n the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was ti l in f ront of the mir or . 39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and handed i t o an assi tant who wrapped it up for her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then the woman simply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the dete ct ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進餐與交談 Last week at a dinner part y, the hostes asked me to si t next t o Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was alarge, unsmil ing lady i n a tight bl ack dr ess. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her. Her eyes were fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t ime, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o make conver sation. 39。 if you at e mor e and talked l ess, we woul d both enjoy our di nner ! 39。 I find it beautif ul ,39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。A man can never have too i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam ini ng t he soil near the entr ance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal y found a sm al gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wort hl es. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t runk. In spi te of t hi s, many people are conf ident that 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 I said. 39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had sen. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ied al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to t he stati on yesterday and now he is not w