【正文】 your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be s eeing i t ?39。 A new pl ay is ing to The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 No, 39。. Workers wi l l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By the end of next year, t hey wi l l have f inished wor k on t he 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 excit ed and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held befor e in 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 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 planned t o set tl e down i n the countr 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 ately he began to pl ai n a bout t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained conti nual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many ye ar s of sunshine, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived i n England bef ore. I n the end, it was mor e than he coul d be ar . He had hardly had t ime to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft the countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har r ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was in hospi tal , he asked his 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 hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When the 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 l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d just out side t he capit al and t he whol e area wi l be cal ed 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 wi l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms the l ong distance to England. Erna i ntends to t ake short r est s every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tly af ter wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She is goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at f ive o39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used t o wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he long road t o succes. He was sti l smi ling when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。 I said. 39。 39。 m y wi fe answer ed.39。You needn39。t need,39。 We mustn39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 I said to m y wi fe. 39。 l eson41 Do you call t hat 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 enjoying her dinner. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady i n a ti ght bl ack dr es. She di d not even l ook up when I took m y seat besi de her. Her eyes were f i xed on her plate and i n a short ti me, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conver sat ion. 39。 t he pati ent answer e d, 39。s oper at i on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t ol d him t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t woul d be al lowed t o go hom e and t he doct or t ol d him t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospit al f or anot her t wo weks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal er if he was a r el ati ve of t he pat i ent. 39。Ol ym pi c Cit y39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wil be vi si ti ng t he countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm i ng pool. 39。s school fr i ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engl i sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。cl ock in t he m or ni ng. Er na i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim m er and many peopl e f el t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her m ot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f r om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and t he