【正文】 eople are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and handed i t o an assi tant who wrapped it up for her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then the woman simply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。 gave39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had sen. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al the wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er fr om the local poli ce. In t he let er he was asked t o cal at he stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any mor e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smil ing poli ceman that his bicycle had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycle was pi cke d up i n a smal vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. It is now bei ng sent t o hi s home by tr ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he he ar d the news. He was am used too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e to be found. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi teen ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 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 dr iver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat ford Str et recent ly, he saw t wo thieves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car yi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h the money got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieve s wer e trying t o get away in their car, Roy dr ove his bus into t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Short ly after war ds, t he police st opped t he car and both men wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Hart is goi ng t o swi m acr oss the English Channel tomor row. She is going to set out fr om the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new world r ecord. She is a strong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s ure to succed. Er na39。s father wi l set out with her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has trained hi s daughter for year s. Tomor row he wi l be watching her anxiously a s she swi ms the long distance to England. Er na i nt ends t o take short r ests every t wo hours. She wi l have something to drink but she wi l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on the Engli sh coast. Among them wil l be Erna39。s mot her, who swam the Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Olympi c Games wil l be held i n our country i n four year s39。 time. As a gr eat many peopl e wil be vi si ting the country, the gover nment wi l be building new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool . 39。They wil also be bui lding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wi l be held just outside the capi tal and the whole area wil be cal ed 39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。. Worker s wil have pleted the new r oads by t he end of this year. By the end of next year , t hey wil l have f inished wor k on t he new stadi um. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Ever ybody wi l be watchi ng anxi ously as t he new bui ldings go up. We are al very exci ted and ar e looki ng f or war d to t he Ol ympi c Games because they have never been hel d bef or e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everything except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had l ived i n the Medit er ranean for many years bef or e he r et urned t o England. He had often dreamed of r et ir ing in England and had planned to set tle down in the country. He had no sooner et ur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most immedi at el y he began to pl ain about the weather, for even t hough i t was st il l summer , i t r ai ned conti nualy and it was often bit er ly cold. Af ter so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in Engl and befor e. In t he end, it was more t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me to set tle down when he sold the house and left the count ry. The dream he had had for so many year s ended there. Har ison had thought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her. Lesson39 Am I al l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was in hospit al, he asked his doctor to tel him whether his oper at i on had been successf ul, but the do