【正文】 n. I went into his off ice. He did not l ook up fr om hi s desk when I enter ed. Af ter I had sat down, he said that busines was ver y bad. He t old me that the f ir m could not af for d to pay such lar ge salar ies. Twent y peopl e had al ready lef t. I knew that my t urn had e. 39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot els, an i mm ense stadium, and a had an am usi ng exper ience last year. Af ter I had l eft a smal vi l age i n the south of Fr ance, I dr ove on to the next t own. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me f or a li ft . As soon as he had got into the car, I s ai d good mor ni ng to hi m in Fr ench and he r epl ied i n the same l anguage. Apart f rom a f ew wor ds, I do not know any Fr ench at all . Neit her of us spoke duri ng the j our ney. I had near ly reached t he town, when the young man suddenly said, very sl owl y, 39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na is onl y fourt een year s ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d recor d. She is a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her mot her a f r e 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 t er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a storm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the 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 t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, the gi rl st r uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day la ter, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er fr om the l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr 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 expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri ving al ong Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy acted quickl y and dr ove t he bus st r ai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir ca r, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e t he bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever befor eespeci al l y i n l ar ge shops. A det ecti ve recent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge st or e on Monday m or ni ngs. One Monday, t her e were f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or the detecti ve t o wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew sm al 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 in 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 posi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel 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 t hat t he shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew fr om Birm i ngham t o a l onel y vil lage i n t he Wel sh m ount ains. Si nce then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a desert ed car par k. Captai n Fawcet has j ust r ef used a str ange request fr om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed to f l y to Rockal, a l onel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the t ri p was t oo danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l r i ver t hat cut s across the 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 war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of t he chi l dr en kicked a bal l ver y har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out t o t he man i n t he boat, but he did not hear t hem. The bal str uck him so har d t hat he near l y fel i nto t he water. 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