【導(dǎo)讀】leson26Thebestartcritics最佳美術(shù)評論家IamanartstudentandIpaintalotofpictures.Manypeoplepretndthattheyunderstandmodernart.Theyalwaystellyouwhatapictureis'about'.Ofcourse,manypicturesarcnot'about'anything.Theyarejustpretypaterns.Weliketheminthesamewaythatwelikeprettycurtainmaterial.Ithinkthatyoungchildrenoftenappreciatemodernpicturesbeterthananyoneelse.Theynoticemore.Mysisterisonlyseven,butshealwaystelsmewhethermypicturesaregoodornot.Shecameintomyroomyesterday.'Whatareyoudoing?

　　

【正文】 at and was caught in a storm. Towards eveni ng, the boat str uck a rock and the gi rl jumped i nt o the sea. Then she swam to the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght in t he water. Dur ing that ime she covered a di stance of ei ght miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cl if fs. On ar iving at the shore, the gi rl st ruggled up the cl if t owards the li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a da y later, she f ound her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worr ied al l t he week. Last Tuesday he received a leter f rom t he l ocal pol ice. In the l et ter he was asked to cal l at the st at ion. Ted wondered why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to the st at ion yesterday and now he is not worr ied any mor e. At the st at ion, he was told by a smil ng policeman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman t old him, the bi cycl e was picked up in a smal l vil lage f our hundr ed miles away. I t i s now bei ng sent to his home by t rain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he heard t he news. He was amused t o, because he never expected the bicycle t o be f ound. It was tolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f ift en ! Leson35 St op thief! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He i s finding his new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving along Catf or d St reet r ecent l y, he saw two t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run towar ds a wait ng car. One of them was car rying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus st raight at the thieves. The one with t he money got such a fr ight t hat he dropped the bag. As t he t hi eves were t rying to get away i n thei r car, Roy drove hi s bus into t he back of i t. While t he batered car was moving away, Roy st opped his bus and telephone d the poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Shortl y af terwards, the pol ice stopped the car and both men wer e ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going to swim across t he Engl ish Channel t omor row. She is goi ng t o set out f rom t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。clock i n the mor ni ng. Erna is onl y four teen year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She is a st rong swimmer and many people f el t hat she is sur e to succeed. Erna39。s father wil l set out wi th her in a smal l boat . Mr Hart has t rained his daught er f or year s. Tomorr ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ously as she swims t he l ong dist ance to England. Erna intends to t ake short rests every two hour s. She wi l have somet hing 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 herself when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wil be held i n our count ry i n four years39。 time. As a great many peopl e wi l be vi sit ing the count ry, the gover nment wi l be building new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimming pool . 39。They wi l also be bui lding new r oads and a special rail wayl ine. The Games wi l be held just outsi de t he capi tal and the whole area wil be cal ed 39。Ol ympic Ci ty39。. Worker s wi l have pleted the new r oads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, t hey wil have fi nished wor k on t he new st adium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be watchi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil dings go up. We are al l very excit ed and ar e looking f or war d to the Olympic Games because they have never been hel d bef or e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everything except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had l ived i n the Medit er ranean for many years bef or e he r et ur ned 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 live there. Al most immedi at el y he began to plain about the weather , for even t hough i t was st il summer, i t r ai ned conti nual ly and i t 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 dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had thought of everything except the weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o tel hi m whet her hi s operation had been successf ul , but t he doct or refused t o do so. The following day, the pati ent asked for abedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he telephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mil ingt on. When t he doctor answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient , a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked if Mr Gil bert 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m that i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil bert woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or t ol d hi m that he woul d have t o st ay i n hospi tal f or another t wo weks. Then Dr Mil ington asked the cal er i f he was a r el at ive of the pat ient .39。 No, 39。 the pat ient answer ed,39。 I am Mr John Gilbert. 39。 Leson40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmil ing lady i n a tight black dr ess. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a short ti me, she was busy eating