【正文】 a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o har d and i t went t owar ds a pasing boat. Some people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man in the boat , but he di d not hear them. The bal l st ruck him so hard t hat he nearl y fel l into the water . I turned t o look at the chil dren, but t her e weren39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。s oper ati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor t ol d him t hat he would have t o st ay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pat ient. 39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 ti me. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be vi sit i ng t he count r y, t he gover nm ent wil l be bui l di ng new hotel s, an imm ense st adi um , and a fi ne new swimm ing pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engl ish coast. Am ong them wil l be Erna39。cl ock i n t he m or ni ng. Er na is onl y fourt een years ol d and she hopes l o set up a new wor l d recor d. She i s a str ong swimm er and m any people f eel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her m ot her a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly 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 t er noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng that im e she covered a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Earl y next m or ni 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 cli 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 owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al l she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hos pi tal. Lesson34 Q ui 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 sm il ing poli cem an t hat 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 l es 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 hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 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 r egr et ted it . He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar m or e excit ing. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat f or d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hieves rush out of a shop and r un t owards a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ull of money. Roy acted qui ckl y and dr ove the bus st r ai ght at t he t hieves. 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 i n t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat er ed car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol i ce. The thi eves39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as they once wer e. The tempt at ion t o st eal i s greater t han ever bef or e especi al y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge st or e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it l e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensive 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 qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an 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 he shop assistant was her daught er. The gir l39。har d and it went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he nearl y f el i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal l ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was his j ob t o repai r bicycl es and at t hat ti m e he used t o wor k fourt 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. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l work shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank smi l ed when he remember ed hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r ep