【正文】 I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whet her hi s oper ation had been succesful , but t he doctor r efused to do s o. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l ber t. He asked i f Mr Gi l ber t39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。s f at her wi l l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained hi s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be watchi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to t ake shor t r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recogni ze. Short ly af terwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar r est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel tomorr ow. She is going to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead the car pet! 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbidden. The list incl uded most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herber t was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o his r oom and hurr iedly hid a l arge pa rcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had to reward himself occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved int o a new house and I have been working har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng to get my new room in or der . This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s worse, the r oom is r ather sm al l, so I have temporar il y put m y books on t he fl oor . At the moment , they cover ever y i nch of f loor space and I act ual ly have t o walk on them t o get i n or out of t he room. A shor t while ago, my si st er helped me to car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a bi g surpr ise when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。 said the conductor . 39。l l get off here. 39。 I said. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 the conduct or said. 39。 You39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodf ord Gr een, 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he heard a str ange noise ing f r om t he bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and t he fur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers must have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil ager s have t old hi m t hat hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ul l of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, worker s began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account for t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up the box. He was ast onished at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pi l e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s money was paid back in this way. The l ast note said:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef! 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s walet whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post off ice. Sam was sure