【正文】 Wi l you be seei ng it。 A new play i s i ng t o The Globe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gi l bert .39。 No,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 Gunte r. Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Gam es because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of r eti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set l e down in t he countr y. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a f i ne house and went t o li ve there. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o plai n about t he weat her, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned cont inual l y a nd i t was oft en bi t erl y col d. Aft er so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved i n Engl and bef ore. In t he end, i t was m ore t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti m e t o setl e down when he sol d t he house and l ef t the count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her. Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whi l e John Gi l bert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whether hi s oper ati on had been successf ul , but t he doct or ref used t o do so. The f ol l owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer t ai n pat i ent, a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。They wil al so be bui ldi ng new r oads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outsi de t he capit al and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s m ot her, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympi c G ames 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n f our year s39。s f at her wil l set out wit h her i n a smal boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or year s. Tom or row he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong distance to Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake shor t r est s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wil not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om orr ow. She is goi ng to set out f r om t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al l run away! The m an l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dr en and t hrew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft ernoon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el ing m e about his exper i ences as a young m an. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o work i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used to wor k f ourt een hour s 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 t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By the end of t he war , the sm al wor kshop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght people. Frank sm il ed when he r em em ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and t he l ong road t o succes. He was stil l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 I said. 39。 39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need,39。 We mustn39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you call that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed, 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oying her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked m e to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat i ng. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor tol d him that he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pat ient. 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 tim e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or he r on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。cl ock in t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een year s ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld recor d. She is a str ong swimm er and m any people f e el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a sm al boat and was caught in a st orm . Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l