【正文】 al poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was tol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et 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 ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She is goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong 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 s he swi ms t he long dist ance t o Engl and. Er na i nt 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 f ood. Most of Erna39。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 mming pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Games 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 fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings 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 are al l ver y exci te d and are looking f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c 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(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went 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 summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left 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 t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel hi m whether his oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , 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 lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d have to stay i n hospi tal for another two weks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。 No,39。 the pati ent answered,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hos tess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rumbol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a tight black dress. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat besi de her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conver sat i 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 holidays 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 whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di