【正文】 I sai d. 39。 my wi f e answered.39。t need, 39。t be so rude about i t, 39。 lesson41 Do you cal l that a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I said. 39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。Olym pi c Ci ty39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j umped into the sea. Then she swam to the shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e night in t he water . Dur i ng that time she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near the shore because t he light was high up on the cli f s. On ar r iving at the shore, the gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she r emembered. When she woke up a day later , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been worr ied al l the week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let ter fr om t he local poli ce. I n the l et er he was asked to cal at the stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yesterday and now he i s not wor r ied any more. At t he st at ion, he was tol d by a smil ing pol iceman that his bicycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman t old hi m, the bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle to be f ound. I t was st ol en twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 Stop thief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a taxi. A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He is fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ng. When he was dri ving along Cat ford Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and dr ove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves we re t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto the back of i t. Whi le the bat er ed car was movi ng away, Roy stoppe d his bus and telephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew f rom Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet has just r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The m an want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss the park near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on fi ne af ter noons. I t was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on t he bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat . Some people on the bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。t axi 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 It 39。 I answer ed. 39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about 39。You39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。A man can never have too sai d. 39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e t ie you bought yest erday. 39。 I r em ar ked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wi th hol es i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was sti l i n fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 Young m an, 39。 Wi l you be staying i n England?39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t hi s year ?39。Wil l you be seei ng it ?39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed t he new roads by the end of t hi s year. By t he end of next year, t hey wi l have fi nished wor k on the new st adi um. The f i ne m oder n buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watchi ng anxiousl y as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olym pi c Gam es because t hey have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到 天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et ur ned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eam ed of r et ir i ng i n Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o plai n about the weat her, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned c onti nual l y and i t was oft en bi t erl y col d.