【正文】 n t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir i ng i n England and had planned t o set tl e down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l i ve t her e. Alm ost imm edi atel y he began t o pl ain about t he weat her, f or even t hough it was sti l sum m er, i t r ai ned conti nual y a nd it was of t en bi t er l y col d. Af t er so m any years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had tim e t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended ther e. Har i son had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weather. Lesson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked hi s doct or t o t el him whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r ef used t o do so. The foll owi ng day, the pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil bert. He asked i f Mr Gi lbert39。They wi l also be buil di ng new roads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Games wi l be hel d just out si de t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The O lym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pic Gam es wil be hel d i n our countr y i n f our year s39。s fat her wi l set out wit h her i n a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong di stance to Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng to swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。 gave39。wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeropl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght peopl e. Frank sm il ed when he r em em ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l smil i ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m t o r epai r t heir son39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s greater t han ever bef or e especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dr esed wom an who al ways went i nto 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 wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or t he det e ct i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal art i cl es. Af ter a li t l e t im e, she chose one of t he most expensive dr eses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he wom an sim pl y t ook t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect i ve f ound out t hat t he shop assi st ant was her daught er . The gi rl 39。 her m ot her a f r ee dr es once a week ! lesson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he 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 gir l j umped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spendi ng t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er. Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a l i ght ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was high up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the c li f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she remember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospi t al . Lesson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr i sed when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi l e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regr et ted it . He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat f or d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owards a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car