【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 d happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al she r em ember ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found herself in hospit al . Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal police. In t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycl e was picke d up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr i sed when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He i s fi nding hi s new wor k far mor e excit i ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Cat f or d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hieves rush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ull of money. Roy acted qui ckl y and dr ove the bus st r ai ght at t he t hieves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e t r yi ng t o get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the pol ice s topped 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 tom or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。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 father wi l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every two hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi r l. Lesson37 The O lympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n four year s39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wi l be vi si ti ng the count ry, the government wi l be buildi ng new hotels, an im mense stadium , and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。They wi l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ailway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and the whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by the end of this year. By t he end of next year , they wil l have f ini shed wor k on t he new st adi um. The fi ne modern buil dings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al l ver y exc i ted and are l ooki ng for ward to t he Olym pi c Games because they have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medit er anean f or many years bef or e he r et urned t o England. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing in England and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he bega n to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained continual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived i n England bef ore. I n the end, i t was mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardly had t im e to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft the countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har r ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was in hospi tal , he asked hi s doct or to t el him whether his oper ati on had been successf ul, but t he doct or refused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lingt on. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lbert woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or t old hi m t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospi tal for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the patient .39。 No,39。 the pati ent answer ed,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 Les