【正文】 e chi ldr en, but there wer en39。t any in sight: t hey had al l run away! The man laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s job t o r epair bi cycle s and at that tim e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l workshop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tempt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n lar ge shops. A detective r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed woman who always went i nto a large stor e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, s o it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it le tim e, she chose one of the m ost expensive dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an asi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman si mpl y took t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, the detect ive f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。 gave39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! leson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Ne arl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght miles. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r emembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l the wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he let er he was asked to cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st ati on yester day and now he i s not worr ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he poli cem an t ol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up in a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y years 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 ndi ng 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 ecentl 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 t he t hi eves wer e tr ying t o get away i n t hei r ca r, Roy dr ove his bus i nt o t he back of it. Whil e t he bat ered car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Shortl y aft er war ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar r est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。cl ock i n t he mor ni ng. Er na i s only f ourt 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 int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo 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 rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) 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 wayl ine. The Games wi l l be held just out si de the capital and t he whol e area wi l be cal ed 39。Olym pi c Ci ty39。. Wor kers 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 work on t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n