【正文】 。ofhisown.InhistwentiesFrankusedtomakesparepartsforaeroplanes.Atthattimehehadtwohelpers.Inafewyearsthesmallworkshophadbeealargefactorywhichemployedsevenhundredandtwentyeightpeople.Franksmiledwhenherememberedhishardearlyyearsandthelongroadtosuccess.Hewasstillsmilingwhenthedooropenedandhiswifecamein.Shewantedhimtorepairtheirgrandson39。sbicycle!昨天下午弗蘭克霍金斯向我講述了他年輕時的經歷。在他退休之前，弗蘭克是一家非常大的事務公司頭，但作為一個男孩，他曾經工作在一個小商店。他的工作是修理自行車，那時他一天工作十四小時。他積蓄多年，并在1958他買了屬于自己的小作坊。在他二十幾歲的弗蘭克曾生產飛機零配件。那時他有兩個幫手。在幾年的小作坊已經成為一個雇用七百二十八人的大工廠。弗蘭克回想著他早年的艱難經歷和走過的漫長的成功之路。他正笑著的時候，門開了，他的妻子走了進來。她叫他去修理他們孫子的自行車！32Shoppingmadeeasy購物變得很方便Peoplearenotsohonestastheyoncewere.Thetemptationtostealisgreaterthaneverbeforeespeciallyinlargeshops.AdetectiverecentlywatchedawelldressedwomanwhoalwayswentintoalargestoreonMondaymornings.OneMonday,therewerefewerpeopleintheshopthanusualwhenthewomancamein,soitwaseasierforthedetectivetowatchher.Thewomanfirstboughtafewsmallarticles.Afteralittletime,shechoseoneofthemostexpensivedressesintheshopandhandedittoanassistantwhowrappeditupforherasquicklyaspossible.Thenthewomansimplytooktheparcelandwalkedoutoftheshopwithoutpaying.Whenshewasarrested,thedetectivefoundoutthattheshopassistantwasherdaughter.Thegirl39。gave39。hermotherafreedressonceaweek!人們不再像以前那么誠實了。偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候——尤其是在大的商店。偵探最近注意上了一位穿著體面的女人總是在星期一上午進入一家大商場。一個星期一，有商店里的人比往常少時，女人走了進來，所以偵探比較容易監(jiān)視她。這位婦女先是買了幾樣小物品。過了一會兒，她選擇了一個商店里最昂貴的衣服，把它遞給了售貨員包裹它為她盡快。婦人只是包裹，走出了商店沒有支付。她被逮捕后，偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來那售貨員是她的女兒。這個女孩給她母親每星期一次免費的衣服！33Outofthedarkness沖出黑暗Nearlyaweekpassedbeforethegirlwasabletoexplainwhathadhappenedtoher.Oneafternoonshesetoutfromthecoastinasmallboatandwascaughtinastorm.Towardsevening,theboatstruckarockandthegirljumpedintothesea.Thensheswamtotheshoreafterspendingthewholenightinthewater.Duringthattimeshecoveredadistanceofeightmiles.Earlynextmorning,shesawalightahead.Sheknewshewasneartheshorebecausethelightwashighuponthecliffs.Onarrivingattheshore,thegirlstruggleduptheclifftowardsthelightshehadseen.Thatwasallsheremembered.Whenshewokeupadaylater,shefoundherselfinhospital.幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發(fā)，在一只小船，遇上了風暴。傍晚，船觸礁了，姑娘跳進了海里。然后她游在水里度過了一整夜之后。在此期間，她游了八英里。第二天清晨，她看見前方有燈光。她知道自己已經接近岸邊了因為那燈光是在高高的懸崖上。到達岸邊后，姑娘掙扎著往峭壁上爬去朝著她看到的燈光。她所記得的就是這些。過了一天她醒來時，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己住院。34Quickwork破案“神速”DanRobinsonhasbeenworriedallweek.LastTuesdayhereceivedaletterfromthelocalpolice.Intheletterhewasaskedtocallatthestation.Danwonderedwhyhewaswantedbythepolice,buthewenttothestationyesterdayandnowheisnotworriedanymore.Atthestation,hewastoldbyasmilingpolicemanthathisbicyclehadbeenfound.Fivedaysago,thepolicemantoldhim,thebicyclewaspickedupinasmallvillagefourhundredmilesaway.Itisnowbeingsenttohishomebytrain.Danwasmostsurprisedwhenheheardthenews.Hewasamusedtoo,becauseheneverexpectedthebicycletobefound.ItwasstolentwentyyearsagowhenDanwasaboyoffifteen!丹魯濱孫焦慮了整整一個星期。上周二他收到當?shù)鼐炀值囊环庑拧Ｋ谛胖姓f要在車站。丹很奇怪為什么警察局要他去，但他昨天去了車站，現(xiàn)在他不再擔心了。在警察局里，一位面帶笑容的警察告訴他，他的自行車被找到了。五天前，警察告訴他說，那輛自行車是在一個小村子里發(fā)現(xiàn)四百英里遠?，F(xiàn)在它被送到他乘火車回家。但最驚訝的是當他聽到這個消息。但又感到非常好笑，因為他從未指望能找到這輛自行車。這是二十年前被偷走時，丹是一個十五歲的男孩！35Stopthief!捉賊！RoyTrentonusedtodriveataxi.Ashortwhileago,however,hebecameabusdriverandhehasnotregrettedit.Heisfindinghisnewworkfarmoreexciting.WhenhewasdrivingalongCatfordStreetrecently,hesawtwothievesrushoutofashopandruntowardsawaitingcar.Oneofthemwascarryingabagfullofmoney.Royactedquicklyanddrovethebusstraightatthethieves.Theonewiththemoneygotsuchafrightthathedroppedthebag.Asthethievesweretryingtogetawayintheircar,Roydrovehisbusintothebackofit.Whilethebatteredcarwasmovingaway,Roystoppedhisbusandtelephonedthepolice.Thethieves39。carwasbadlydamagedandeasytorecognize.Shortlyafterwards,thepolicestoppedthecarandbothmenwerearrested.羅伊特倫頓曾經開出租車。不久前，然而，他成為一名巴士司機和他不后悔。他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮的多。當他正開車在凱特福德街最近，他看見2個賊從一家商店里跑。其中一個提著一只裝滿錢的袋子。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊。一個與金錢嚇了一跳，他把包。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那。當那輛被撞壞的汽車，羅伊停下來，給警察打電話。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。不久之后，警察截住了那輛汽車，兩人都被逮捕了。36AcrosstheChannel橫渡海峽DebbieHartisgoingtoswimacrosstheEnglishChanneltomorrow.SheisgoingtosetoutfromtheFrenchcoastatfiveo39。clockinthemorning.Debbieisonlyelevenyearsoldandshehopestosetupanewworldrecord.Sheisastrongswimmerandmanypeoplefeelthatsheissuretosucceed.Debbie39。sfatherwillsetoutwithherinasmallboat.Mr.Harthastrainedhisdaughterforyears.TomorrowhewillbewatchingheranxiouslyassheswimsthelongdistancetoEngland.Debbieintendstotakeshortrestseverytwohours.Shewillhavesomethingtodrinkbutshewillnoteatanysolidfood.MostofDebbie39。sschoolfriendswillbewaitingforherontheEnglishcoast.AmongthemwillbeDebbie39。smother,whoswamtheChannelherselfwhenshewasagirl.戴比哈特準備明天游泳橫渡英吉祥海峽。她準備早上出發(fā)，五點從法國海岸。戴比只有十一歲，她希望創(chuàng)造一項新的世界紀錄。她是個健壯的游泳運動員，許多人認為她一定能成功。戴比的父親將她在小船。哈特先生訓練她的女兒已經多年了。明天他將焦急地注視著女兒游過這段漫長的距離到達英國。戴比計劃每兩小時休息一下。她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。戴比的大部分同學將在英國海岸等候她。他們當中還會有戴比的母親，誰自己游過英吉利海峽的時候，她是一個女孩。37TheOlympicGames奧林匹克運動會TheOlympicGameswillbeheldinourcountryinfouryears39。time.Asagreatmanypeoplewillbevisitingthecountry,thegovernmentwillbebuildingnewhotels,animmensestadium,andanewOlympicstandardswimmingpool.Theywillalsobebuildingnewroadsandaspecialrailwayline.TheGameswillbeheldjustoutsidethecapitalandthewholeareawillbecalled39。OlympicCity39。.Workerswillhavepletedthenewroadsbytheendofthisyear.Bytheendofnextyear,theywillhavefini