【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 she f ound her self in hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al the wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er fr om the local poli ce. In t he let er he was asked t o cal at he stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any mor e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smil ing poli ceman that his bicycle had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. It is now bei ng sent t o hi s home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e to be found. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi teen ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 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 dr iver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat ford Str et re cent ly, he saw t wo thieves r ush out of a shop and r un 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 car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。 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。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new world r ecord. She is a strong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s ure to succed. Er na39。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。s mot her, who swam the Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wil l be held i n our country i n four year s39。 time. As a gr eat many peopl e wil be vi si ting the country, the gover nment wi l be building new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool . 39。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。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。. Worker s wil have pleted the new r oads by t he end of this year. By the end of next year , t hey wil l have f inished wor k on t he new stadi um. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Ever ybody wi l be watchi ng anxi ously as t he new bui ldings go up. We are al very exci ted and ar e looki ng f or war d to t he Ol ympi c Games because they have never been hel d bef or e in this 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 Medit er ranean for many years bef or e he r et urned 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 ain about the weather, for even t hough i t was st il l summer , i t r ai ned conti nualy and it was ofte n bit er ly cold. Af ter so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in Engl and befor e. In t he end, it was more 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 I al l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was in hospit al, he asked his doctor to tel him whether his oper at i on had been successf ul, but the doctor r ef used to do so. The foll owi ng day, the pat ient asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was i nquiri ng about a cert ai n pati ent, aMr John Gilbert. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor told him t hat it had been. He then asked when Mr Gi lber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor told him t hat he would have to stay in hospital for anot her two weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a relative of t he patient.39。 No,39。 t he patient answered, 39。 I am Mr John Gil bert .39。 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。 A new play is ing to The Gl obe soon,39。 I said. 39。Wil l you be seei ng i t ?39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. 39。 Wi l you be st aying in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whether she was enjoyi ng her di nner. 39。 Young man,39。 she answer ed, 39。 if you at e mor e and talked l ess, we woul d both enjoy our di nner ! 39。 leson41 Do you call that a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 I said t o my wife. 39。You needn39。t be so rude about it ,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。 We mustn39。t buy things we don39。t need,39。 I r emar ked suddenly. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d that ,39。 my wif e answered. 39。 I need not remind you of that er ribl e t ie you bought yest er day.39。 39。 I find it beautif ul ,39。 I said. 39。A man can never have too 目 錄 第一章 總 論