【正文】 . Wor ker s wi l have pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , the。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。s father wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomor row he wil l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swim s the long di st ance t o Engl and. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng to swi m across the Engl ish Channel tom or row. She i s goi ng to set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。 gave39。t any in sight : t hey had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft ernoon Frank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at that ti me he us ed to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , the smal wor k shop had bee a l ar ge factor y which em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wentyei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong r oad to success. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She wanted him to repair t hei r son39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet t39。 i s a smal Swi s aeropl ane cal ed a 39。 signs outside his gate, but these have not had any ef ect. Now he has put an ugl y stone head over the gate. It i s one of the ugli est faces I have ever seen. I asked hi m what i t was and he t old m e that it was Medusa, t he Gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l tur n mot or ist s to stone. But none of t hem has been tur ned to stone yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new servi ce. The 39。 I l ooked at it again. She was ri ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in the aft er noon, t he boys put up their t ent i n the m iddle of a f iel d. As soon as thi s was done, they cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and the f ood sm el t good. Af ter a wonder f ul m eal , t hey told st ori es and sang songs by the camp f ir e. But some t im e later i t began to rain. The boys felt t ir ed so they pet out the f ir e and crept into their t ent . Their sl eping bags wer e warm and for table, so t hey al slept soundl y. In t he m i ddl e of the ni ght , two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was ful l of wat er! They al leapt out of their sl eping bags and hurr ied outside. It was r ai ning heavi ly and t hey found t hat a str eam had for med in the f ield. The str eam wound it s way across the f ield and t hen fl owed ri ght under t heir tent! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停車 Jasper Whi te i s one of those r are people who bel ieves i n anci ent m yths. He has j ust bought a new house in the cit y, but ever since he moved in, he has had tr ouble wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns home at night, he always f inds that som eone has par ked a car outsi de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。but i sn39。s al r ight, 39。 She l ooked at it cr it cal ly for a mom ent .39。I t39。m hangi ng this pi ct ure on the wal ,39。 she asked. 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We l i ke t hem in t he sam e way that we l ike pret ty curt ain m at eri al . I think t hat young childr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ctures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she always t els me whether my pi ct ures are good or not. She cam e int o my r oom yest erday. 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。t understand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。t here i s st il l some honest y i n thi s worl d ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sympat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。and it 39。 I l eft t he money in m y room, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had just lost amp。t reali ze one i mport ant t hing. I39。s a wast e of ti me.39。 m y fr iends say. 39。 I said sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨(dú)坐孤舟 Fishing i s my f avour it e spor t. I oft en fi sh for hour s wi thout catchi ng anythi ng. But t hi s does not wor ry m e. Some f ishermen a re unlucky. I nst ead of catchin