【正文】 ust out side the capit al and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s m other, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ym pic G ames 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wil l be hel d in our count ry in f our years39。s fat her wi l set out wi th her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms the l ong distance to England. Erna i ntends t o t ake short r est s every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng to dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t omorr ow. She is going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。 gave39。t any in si ght : they ha d al run away! The man l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and threw the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ling me about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o work in a smal l shop. It was his j ob to repai r bicyc les and at t hat t ime he used to work fourt en hour s a day. He saved money for year s and in 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that ti me 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 whi ch em pl oyed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em ember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpr ising t hing about i t, however , is t hat it can land anywher e: on snow, wat er , or even on a pl oughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 i s a sm al l Swiss aeroplane cal led a 39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o st one. But none of them has been turned t o stone yet ! Leson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or this r ace last year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef ore i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and some dr iver s spent more t im e under thei r car s than in them !t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was rai ni ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi eld. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under t hei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved in, he has had t rouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns hom e at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gat e. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e t o get hi s own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when the machine showed that here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything exc ept an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful, 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ibl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。t have sai d t hat,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed sayi ng i t al most at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 m y wi fe answered as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mi r ror. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of the mi r ror. 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 if you at e m ore and t al ked less, we woul d both enj oy our di nner !39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be sei ng i t ?39。 A new pl ay is i ng t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 No, 39。. Workers wi l have plet ed t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of ne xt year, t hey wil l have f inished wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne m oder n buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We are al ver y excit ed and are l ooki ng f or war d t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been he