【正文】 g f ish, they cat ch old boots and r ubbi sh. I am even less lucky. I never catch anythi ng not even old boots. Af ter havi ng spent whole m or nings on the r iver , I al ways go hom e wit h an empty bag. 39。Ol ympic Ci ty39。 ti m e. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be vi sit i ng t he count r y, t he governm ent wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi m m i ng pool . 39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She is a st r ong swim mer and m any peopl e feel t hat she i s sur e t o succed. Er na39。 her m ot her a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et ter fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st ati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t is now bei ng sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft ee n ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet re cent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str aight at t he t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves were t r yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove his bus i nt o t he back of i t. Whi l e t he bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol i ce. The t hi eves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt at i on t o st eal is gr eat er t han ever bef or eespeci al ly i n l ar ge shops. A detect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who al ways went i nt o a lar ge st or e on Monday m or nings. One Monday, t her e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an f ir st bought a few sm al l ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her a s quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out that he shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n the Wel sh mountai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nesm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a l onely i sl and i n t he At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not t ake him be cause t he t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en were pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t here wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he r i ver. Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldr en ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n the boat , but he di d not hear t hem. The bal l st r uck him so har d that he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t here wer en39。Pi l at us Port er 39。t axi39。 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 It39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。 What are you doi ng ?39。about 39。about39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n Engl and, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh under st and each ot her, but I don39。You39。I am a f or eigner,39。 l esson25 Do t he Engl ish speak Engli sh? 英國人講的是英語嗎？ I ar i ved i n London at l ast. The r ai l way st at i on was bi g, bl ack and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hot el, so I asked a por t er . I not only spoke Engl ish ver y car ef ull y, but ver y cl ear ly as wel l. The port er , however, coul d not