【正文】 along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt at ion to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n lar ge shops. A detective r ecent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensive dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wrapped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar rested, the detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gir l39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil lage i n the Welsh mountains. Since then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passenger s to many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange r equest fr om a businesman. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onely island i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Football or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my home. I li ke sit ing by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Some chi ldr en wer e playi ng games on t he bank and t her e wer e some people r owi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren kicked a bal very har d and it went towards a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out to the man i n the boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d that he near ly f el i nt o t he wat er. I tur ned to l ook at he chi ldr en, but there wer en39。Pi lat us Por ter39。t axi39。 No Par ki ng39。t it upsi de down ?39。 she said, 39。 It 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。about 39。about39。 he said. I wonder . In Engl and, each m an speaks a dif ferent language. The Engl ish under stand each ot her , but I don39。You39。 Young m an, 39。 No, 39。 Wi l l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No, 39。Wi l l you be spendi ng your hol i days ab r oad t hi s year ?39。 No, 39。Wi l l you be seei ng i t ?39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 No, 39。. Worker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buildi ngs go up. We are al very exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held befor e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er r anean for m any years befor e he r et urned to Engl and. He had of ten dreamed of r et ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained continual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In t he end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold t he house and l ef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so many year s ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hing except the weather . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doctor t o tel l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been successful , but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。They wi l also be buil ding new roads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Games wi l l be hel d j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。s father wi l set out wi th her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di stance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r ests every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both men 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 t o set out