【正文】 ew wor k far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng along Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. 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 emptati on to st eal i s greater than ever befor e especi aly in l arge shops. A detecti ve recent ly watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday mornings. One Monday, t her e were fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o watch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li tl e t ime, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as quickly as possi ble. Then the woman simply t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out that the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。球 還 是水 球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y har d and it went towar ds a passing boat. Some peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o the m an in t he boat , but he did not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he near ly fel i nto t he water . I t urned to look at the chil dr en, but ther e weren39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he rea li zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yester day af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to repai r bicycl es and at t hat t ime he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved money f or year s and in 1938 he bought a sm al l wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he smal wor k shop had be e a l ar ge factor y which empl oyed seven hundr ed and t wentyei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remembered hi s har d earl y year s and the l ong r oad to success. He was st il l sm il ng when t he door opened and his wi f e cam e in. She wanted him to repair their son39。 gave39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the pol ice stopped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take short rests every two hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry 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 Games wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl et ed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are looki ng f or ward to t he Ol ym pic Games because they have never been held bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost im mediately he began t o pl ai n about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned cont inual ly and i t was oft en bi t erl y col d. Af t er so m any years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and lef t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except the weather. Lesson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked his doctor t o tel l hi m whet her his oper at ion had been successful, but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 A new pl ay i