【正文】 e 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 letterfrom the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wonderedwhy 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 wasamused 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的距離到達(dá)英國。黛比計(jì)劃每兩小時(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 our country in four years39。 time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 39。They will also be building new roads and a special railwayline. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 39。Olympic City39。. Workers will have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.4年以后，奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)將在我們國家舉行。由于將有大批的人到我們國家來，所以政府準(zhǔn)備建造一些新的飯店、一個(gè)大型體育場(chǎng)和一個(gè)新的奧運(yùn)會(huì)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)游泳池。他們還將修筑一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。奧運(yùn)會(huì)就在首都市郊舉辦，整個(gè)地區(qū)將被稱作“奧林匹克城”。工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好；到明年年底，他們將把新體育場(chǎng)建成。大家都將急切地注視著新建筑的建成。我們都非常激動(dòng)，盼望著奧運(yùn)會(huì)的到來，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)國家里還從未舉辦過奧運(yùn)會(huì)。Lesson38 Everything except the weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to plain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區(qū)。過去他?；孟胪诵莺蟮接?，并計(jì)劃在鄉(xiāng)間安頓下來。他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進(jìn)去。但緊接著他就開始抱怨那里的天氣了。因?yàn)榧词鼓菚r(shí)仍為夏季，但雨總是下個(gè)不停，而且常常冷得厲害。在陽光下生活了那么多年的哈里森對(duì)此感到驚奇。他的舉動(dòng)就好像他從未在英國生活過一樣。最后，他再也忍受不住，還沒等安頓下來就賣掉了房子，離開了這個(gè)國家。他多年來的幻想從此破滅。哈里森把每件事情都考慮到了，唯獨(dú)沒想到天氣。Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert39。s operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.