【導(dǎo)讀】'Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'salright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupside-down?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!Lesson29Taxi!出租汽車！足球還是水球？

　　

【正文】 f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hieves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr ying 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 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 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 l d r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swim s the long di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s school fr iends wil 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 rl . Lesson37 The Olym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 tim e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have f i ni shed work on the new stadium . The f ine m oder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiously as the new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking forwar d t o the Ol ympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of ret ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l ive ther e. Al most i mmedi at ely he began to plai n about t he weat her , for even though it was stil l summer, it r ained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl a nd bef ore. In the end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 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 succesf ul, but t he doct or r efused 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 ingt 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 l ber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doct or told hi m that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a relati ve of the pati ent .39。 No,39。 the pat ient answered,39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner part y, t he hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbol d. Mrs Rumbol d was a l ar ge, unsmi ling lady in a ti ght black dr ess. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t tim e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to make conversation. 39。 A new play is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。 I sai d. 39。Wi l you be seing it ?39。 No,39。 she answer ed. 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。 Wil you be staying in England?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 if you ate m ore and t al ked les, we woul d both enjoy our dinner !39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 I sai d to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。t be so rude about i t,39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or. I sat down on one of those modern chair s wi th holes i n it a nd wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wif e was sti l i n fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。 We m ust n39。t buy t hings we don39。t need, 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 my wi fe answered.39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e t ie you bought yest erday.39。 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful ,39。 I sai d. 39。A m an can never have t oo into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when the m achi ne showed that ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They f inaly found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen s