【正文】 which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 I f ind i t beauti f ul, 39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat ter ri bl e ti e you bought ye st erday. 39。t have sai d t hat, 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 m y wi f e answered as she looked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e mor e and t alked l ess, we woul d bot h enj oy our di nner !39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wi l you be sei ng i t ?39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 No,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 nishe d 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(dú)沒(méi)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 c ould bear. He had har dl y had tim e t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l ef t he count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor t o tel him whet her his 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 elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil bert. He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。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。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(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n f our year s39。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。 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。 gave39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal i ze d what had happened. He cal 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 ernoon Frank Hawki ns was t el ing 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 work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat ti me he used t o work f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of his own. Dur i ng 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 k shop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Frank smil ed when he r em em ber ed his har d ear ly years and t he long r oad t o success. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She want ed him t o repair t hei r son39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer opl ane cal led a 39。and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車(chē)！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。t axi 39。Pi l at us Por ter39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f