【正文】 gi rl j um ped i nt o the sea. Then she swam t o the shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a l i ght a head. She knew she was near the shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl st ruggl ed up t he cl if f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she f ound her self i n hos pi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et t er fr om t he l ocal pol ice. In t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not worr ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl 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 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 years 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 dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he became 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 dri vi ng al ong Catf or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of m oney. 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 dr opped t he bag. As t he t hieves wer e t ryi ng t o get away in t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi 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 stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when t he wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a li t l e t im e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n t he shop and handed it t o an assi st ant who wrapped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possi bl e. Then t he wom an si m pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar r ested, the detecti ve found out t hat t he shop assi stant was her daught er . The gi rl 39。球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chi l dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat. Som e people on t he bank cal ed out t o t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d t hat he near ly f e l i nt o t he wat er. I t ur ned to l ook at t he chi l dr en, but t her e wer en39。t any in si ght : t hey had al l r un away! The man l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi l dr en and t hr ew t he bal back t o t he bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af t er noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng m e about hi s experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank is 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 hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By the end of the war, t he sm al 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. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r est ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s fat her wil l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swi ms t he long dist ance t o Engl and. Er na int ends t o t ake shor t rest s ever y t wo hours. She wil l have som ethi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s m ot her, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ym pi c G ames 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) 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 al so be bui l di ng new r oads and a speci al r ai l wayl i ne. The Games wi l be hel d j ust outsi de t he capi tal and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by t he end of this year. By t he end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui l di ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt e r. Everybody wil