【正文】 is bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old him , t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a smal vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be found. I t was st olen 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 t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar m or e excit i ng. 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 owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. 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 t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s greater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dr essed wom an who al ways went i nto a lar ge st or e on Monday m or nings. 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 t he det ect i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew s mal art i cl es. Af ter a li t l e t im e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr aped it up f or her as quickl y as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. Whe n she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out t hat the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I li ke sit i ng by the Wayl e on fi ne aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual. Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e were some peopl e r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of the chil dr en ki cked a bal very har d and it went towar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal l ed out t o the m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so hard t hat he nearl y f el l i nt o t he wat er . I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dr en, but t her e wer en39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chi ldr en and t hrew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Succes st ory 成功者的故事 Yester day af ter noon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y lar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al shop. It was hi s j ob t o r epair bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used to wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e part s f or aeropl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war, t he sm al l wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght peopl e. Frank sm il ed when he r em em ber ed hi s hard earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l smil i ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m t o repai r t heir son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Short l y af t er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng to swim acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at f i ve o39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her i n a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong distance to Engl and. Er na i ntends 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 mot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O lym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n f our year s39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wil be hel d just out si de t he capi t al and t he whol e area wi l be cal l ed 39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new st adi um. The f i ne m oder n bui l di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for war d t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d 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 or e he ret ur ned t o Engl and. He had oft en dream ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l i ve t her e. Alm ost imm edi atel y he began t o pl ain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual l y and i t was oft en bi t erl y col d. Aft er so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l i ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could be ar. He had har