【正文】 be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s onl y f ourt een years 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 to succeed. Er na39。i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str aight at t he t hi eve s. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves wer e t r yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus int o the back of i t. Whil e t he bat ered car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hieves39。 car was badly damaged and easy t o r ecogni ze. Short ly af ter war ds, t he pol i ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel tom or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out f r om t he Fr ench coast at f ive o39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swims t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na intends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wil have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol i d food. Most of Er na39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y i n f our year s39。They wil l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ai l way li ne. The Gam es wi l be held j ust outsi de t he capi tal and the whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed t he new r oads by t he end of this year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um. The fi ne m odern buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been held bef or e i n t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n t he count r y. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l ive t her e. Alm ost imm edi at el y he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her, f or even t hough it was sti l summ er , i t r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never l ived i n Engl and bef ore. I n t he end, i t was m or e t han he coul d bear . He had har dl y had t im e t o set l e down when he sol d t he house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weat her. Lesson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi l e John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r efused t o do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent, a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil bert39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon,39。Wi l you be sei ng i t ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 No, 39。 Wil you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No,39。 Young man,39。 if you at e m ore and t al ked less, we woul d both enj oy our di nner !39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。You needn39。 m y wi fe answer ed as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mi r or. 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 or. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed saying i t al most at once. 39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ibl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al g