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a relative of t he patient.39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 time. As a gr eat many peopl e wil be vi si ting the country, the gover nment wi l be building new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool . 39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on the Engli sh coast. Among them wil l be Erna39。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new world r ecord. She is a strong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s ure to succed. Er na39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spe ndi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had sen. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ied al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to t he stati on yesterday and now he is not worr ied any more. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had be en f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman told him, the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundred m il es away. I t i s now being sent t o hi s hom e by t rain. Ted was m ost sur prised when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t wenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Lesson35 Stop t hief! 捉賊! Rov Tr enton used t o dri ve ataxi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar mor e xcit ing. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves rush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car yi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h the money got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e trying t o get away in their car, Roy dr ove his bus into t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and handed i t o an assi tant who wrapped it up for her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then the woman simply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi lage soon l earnt that a large sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, the local but cher , had lost his wal let whi le taki ng hi s avi ngs to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat the wal et must have been found by one of the vi lager s, but it was not r et ur ned to him. Three months passed, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . I t had been wr apped up 球還是水球? The Wayl e is a smal ri ver that cut s across t he park near my home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l very har d and it went towards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank caled out to t he man in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal st ruck him so hard that he nearl y fel into the water. I t urned t o look at the chil dr en, but ther e wer en39。 said Mr s St er li ng l at er , 39。 slowly. I t obviously could not el l t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f irst time. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men were able to t ake agr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed cert ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 fee t. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mounta ins in si ght. The ai rcraft was abl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whi l e she was having a pi ic at the edge of aforest wit h her chi ldren and