【正文】 回到岸上。 Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Frank is now the head of a very large business pany, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small workshop of his own. During the war Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the small workshop had bee a large factory which employed seven hundred and twentyeight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their son39。s bicycle! 。在退休前，弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業(yè)公司的經(jīng)理，但他小時(shí)候卻在一家小鋪里做工。他那時(shí)的工作是修理自行車，并且通常是一天工作14個(gè)小時(shí)。他靠多年積蓄，于1958年買下了自己的一個(gè)小鋪?zhàn)印?0多歲的時(shí)候，弗蘭克曾生產(chǎn)飛機(jī)零配件。那時(shí)他有兩個(gè)幫手。幾年之后，小鋪?zhàn)右呀?jīng)發(fā)展成了一個(gè)雇有728人的大工廠。弗蘭克回想著他早年的艱難經(jīng)歷和走過的漫長(zhǎng)的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑著的時(shí)候門開了，他的妻子走了進(jìn)來。她叫他去修理孫子的自行車。 Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shopassistant was her daughter. The girl39。 gave39。 her mother a free dress once a week !人們不再像以前那樣誠(chéng)實(shí)了。偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時(shí)候都更強(qiáng)烈 特別是在大的商店里。一名偵探最近注意上了一位穿著講究的婦女，她總是在星期一上午進(jìn)入一家大商場(chǎng)。有一個(gè)星期一，當(dāng)這位婦女走進(jìn)這家商場(chǎng)時(shí)，里面的人比往常少，因此，偵探比較容易監(jiān)視她。這位婦女先是買了幾樣小商品。過了一會(huì)兒，她又選了商場(chǎng)里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。那售貨員以最快的速度為她包好了衣服。然后，那婦女拿過包就走出了商場(chǎng)，根本沒有付錢。她被逮捕后。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來那售貨員是她的女兒。那姑娘每星期“送”她母親一件免費(fèi)的衣服！ Lesson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.幾乎過了一個(gè)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)，遇上了風(fēng)暴。天將黑時(shí)，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進(jìn)了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸邊。在那段時(shí)間里，她游了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經(jīng)接近岸邊了，因?yàn)槟菬艄馐窃诟吒叩那捅谏稀５竭_(dá)岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。 Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速”Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered? why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!。上星期二他收到當(dāng)?shù)鼐炀值囊环庑牛骄炀秩ヒ惶?。丹奇怪警察為什么找他，但昨天還是去了，結(jié)果他一再擔(dān)心了。在警察局里，一位面帶笑容的警察告訴他，他的自行車找到了。那位警察對(duì)他說，那輛自行車是5天前在400英里外的一個(gè)小村里發(fā)現(xiàn)的，現(xiàn)在正用火車給他運(yùn)回家來。丹聽到這個(gè)消息后，驚奇萬分，但又感到非常好笑，因?yàn)樗麖奈粗竿禽v自行車還能找到。這是20年前丹還是一個(gè)15歲的孩子時(shí)被人偷走的！ Lesson35 Stop thief! 捉賊！Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a busdriver and he was not regretted it. He is finding his new work far more exciting. When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. ，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也并不為此而感到后悔。他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，當(dāng)他正開車在凱特福德街上行駛時(shí)，看到有兩個(gè)小偷從一家商店里沖出來，奔向等在那里的一輛汽車，其中一個(gè)提著一只裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊行動(dòng)迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。拿錢的那個(gè)小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當(dāng)那兩個(gè)小偷企圖乘車逃跑時(shí)，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的后尾上。當(dāng)那輛被撞壞的車開走后，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。小偷的車損壞嚴(yán)重，很容易辨認(rèn)。沒過多久，警察就截住了那輛車，兩個(gè)小偷都被抓住了。 Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o39。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Erna39。s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna39。s school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Erna39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.。她打算早上5點(diǎn)鐘從法國(guó)海岸出發(fā)。黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項(xiàng)新的世界紀(jì)錄。她是一個(gè)游泳能手，很多人認(rèn)為她一定能成功。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發(fā)。哈特先生訓(xùn)練她的女兒已經(jīng)多年了，明天他將焦急地注視著女兒游過這段漫長(zhǎng)的距離到達(dá)英國(guó)。黛比計(jì)劃每?jī)尚r(shí)休息一下。她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。黛比的大部分同學(xué)將在英國(guó)海岸等候她。他們當(dāng)中還會(huì)有黛比的母親，她本人還是個(gè)姑娘時(shí)，也曾橫渡過英吉利海峽！ Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)The Olympic Games will be held in