【正文】 rs 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(dú)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 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)動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n f our year s39。230 ! Leson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, they wer e on i n the mor ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers must have e i n f or a fr e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil ager s have t old hi m t hat t hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer . 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。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run awa y. Aft er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unf or tabl e tr ip, for he had been conf ined to the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a large sum of m oney had been lost. Sam Bent on, the l ocal butcher, had lost hi s wal et whi le taking his savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal et must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not ret ur ned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out side his f ront door. It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f f er ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can explor er, R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns tha t l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y ge t over the m ount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountai ns in sight. The air craf t was abl e to f ly over t he endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster ling di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a for est aft er two men. They had rushed