【導(dǎo)讀】'hesaid.Iwonder.InEngland,eachmanspeaksadifferentlanguage.TheEnglishunderstandeachother,butIdon'tunderstandthem!DotheyspeakEnglish?'Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'salright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupside-down?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!Lesson27Awetnight雨夜Lateintheafternoon,theboysputuptheirtentinthemiddleofafield.Assoonasthiswasdone,theycookedamealoveranopenfire.Theywerealhungryandthefoodsmeltgood.Afterawonderfulmeal,theytoldstoriesandsangsongsbythecampfire.Butsometimelateritbegantorain.Theboysfelttiredsotheypetoutthefireandcreptintotheirtent.Theirsleping-bagswerewarmandfortable,sotheyalsleptsoundly.Inthemiddleofthenight,twoboyswokeupandbeganshouting.Thetentwasfullofwater!Lesson29Taxi!出租汽車！

　　

【正文】 been wor ri ed al the week. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal pol ice. In the let ter he was asked to cal l at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted 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, the 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 hom e 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 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton 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 al ong Catf ord St reet r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and dr ove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get awa y in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going to swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。clock i n the mor ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he long di st ance t o Engl and. Er na int ends to take shor t rests ever y t wo hours. She wi l 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 . Among 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 pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 ti me. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense 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 rail way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be caled 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and are looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Games because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of reti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down in t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and we nt to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was oft en bi t er ly col d. Af t er so m any years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house a nd lef t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except the weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was in hospit al, he asked his doctor to tel hi m whet her his operat ion had been successful, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil ber t said he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil bert would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor t ol d him t hat he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil ingt on asked the cal er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pat ient. 39。 No, 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked m e to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 I said. 39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wi l you be spending your hol ida ys abr oad thi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whether she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young m an, 39。 she answered,39。 i f you at e more and t alked