【正文】 mm er , it 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 i f he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl 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 year s ended t here. Har ison had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospit al, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at i on 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 for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned t he hospi t al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi l bert sai d he was inqui ri ng about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。They wi l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be hel d just out si de the capi t al and t he whol e area wi l be cal l ed 39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n four year s39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swi ms t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somet hi ng to dr i nk but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni 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 t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f i ve o39。 gave39。wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al wor kshop had be e a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People 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 bef or eespeci al l y i n l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst 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 esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er. The gir l39。 her m ot her a fr ee dr ess once a wek ! l esson33 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 af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of e ight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he c li f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she f ound hersel f i n hospit al . Leson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter 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 er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed 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 ne ws. He was am used too, 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 t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He i s f i ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat f or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a s hop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away in t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi l e t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。cl ock i n t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our te