【導(dǎo)讀】'Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'salright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupside-down?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!Lesson27Awetnight雨夜Lateintheafternoon,theboysputuptheirtentinthemiddleofafield.Assoonasthiswasdone,theycookedamealoveranopenfire.Theywerealhungryandthefoodsmeltgood.Afterawonderfulmeal,theytoldstoriesandsangsongsbythecampfire.Butsometimelateritbegantorain.Theboysfeltiredsotheypetoutthefireandcreptintotheirtent.Theirsleping-bagswerewarmandfortable,sotheyalsleptsoundly.Inthemiddleofthenight,twoboyswokeupandbeganshouting.Thetentwasfullofwater!Theyalleaptoutoftheirsleeping-bagsandhurriedoutside.Itwasrainingheavilyandtheyfoundthatastreamhadformedinthefield.Thestreamwounditswayacrossthefieldandthenflowedrightundertheirtent!Leson28Noparking禁止停車(chē)JasperWhiteisoneofthoserarepeoplewhobelievesinancientmyths.Hehasjustboughtanewhouseinthecity,buteversincehemovedin,hehashadtroublewithmotorists.whenhereturnshomeatnight,healwaysfindsthatsomeonehasparkedacaroutsidehisgate.Becauseofthis,hehasnotbeenabletogethisowncarintohisgarageevenonce.Jasperhasputup'NoParking'signsoutsidehisgate,butthesehavenothadanyeffect.Nowhehasputanuglystoneheadoverthegate.ItisoneoftheugliestfacesIhaveeversen.IaskedhimwhatitwasandhetoldmethatitwasMedusa,theGon.Jasperhopesthatshewilturnmotoriststostone.Butnoneofthemhasbeenturnedtostoneyet!Leson29Taxi!出租汽車(chē)！足球還是水球？

　　

【正文】 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 hi s new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving along Catf or d St reet r ecentl y, he saw two t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car rying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted qui ckly and dr ove 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. Whil e t he batered car was moving away, Roy st opped his bus and telephoned the pol ice. The t hi eves39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Shortl y af terwards, the pol ice st opped the car and both men wer e ar rest ed. 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 l d r ecord. She is a strong swi mmer and many people f el that she i s ure to succed. Erna39。s father wi l set out with her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has trained hi s daughter f or year s. Tomorr ow he wi l be watching her anxiously as she swi ms the long distance to Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take s hor t r ests every t wo hours. She wil have something to dri nk but she wil not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。s school f riends wi l be wait ng for her on the Engl ish coast. Among t hem wi l be Erna39。s mother , who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympic Games wil l be hel d in our countr y in four year s39。 ti me. As a gr eat many people wil l be vi si ting t he countr y, the gover nment wi l be buil di ng new hot el s, an i mmense stadium, and a fine new swimmi ng pool . 39。They wil l also be building new roads and a speci al r ail way line. The Games wil be held j ust outside the capital and the whole area wil l be cal ed 39。Ol ympi c City39。. Workers wil l have pleted the new r oads by t he end of this year . By t he end of next year , t he y wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed 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(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har rison, 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 of ten dreamed of r et ir ng i n England and had planned to set tle down in the count ry. He had no sooner et ur ned than 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, it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was often bit er ly col d. Af ter so many years of sunshine, Hari son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived in England befor e. In t he end, it was more t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me to set tle down when he sol d the house and lef t the count ry. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended there. Har ison had t hought 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 operati on had been succesful, but the doctor r ef used to do so. The foll owi ng day, the pat ient asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he t el phoned t he hospit al exchange and asked for Doctor Mil lington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was i nquiri ng about a cert ai n pati ent, aMr John Gilbert. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor told him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor told him t hat he would have to stay in hospital for anot her two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he caler if he was a relative of t he patient.39。 No,39。 the patient answered, 39。 I am Mr John Gil be rt .39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner part y, the hostes asked me to si t next t o Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was alarge, unsmil ing lady i n a tight bl ack dr ess. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t ime, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conversat ion. 39。 A new pl ay i s ing to The Globe soon,39。 I said. 39。Wil l you be seing it ?39。 No, 39。 she answered. 39。Wil you be spending your hol idays abroad this year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No, 39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be stayi ng in England?39。 I asked. 39。 No, 39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her dinner . 39。 Young man,39。 she answer ed,39。 if you ate more and t al ked less, we would both enj oy our dinner ! 39。 lesson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 I said to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。 my wif e answer ed as she looked at her self in t he mi r or . I sat down on one of those modern chair s with holes in it and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop for half an hour and my wif e was stil l i n fr ont of t he mi ror . 39。 We must n39。t buy t hings we don39。t need, 39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regr et ted saying it al most at once. 39。You needn39。t have said t hat, 39。 my wi fe answer ed.39。 I need not remind you of that ter ible ti e you bought yesterday. 39。 39。 I f ind it beaut iful, 39。 I sai d. 39。A man can never have t oo i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was examining the soil near the entr a