【正文】 l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward to t he Olym pi c Games because they have never been held bef ore i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l i ved i n t he Medi t er r anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o England. He had of ten dr eamed of r etir ing in England 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 l ive t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly a nd i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weat her. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or ref used t o do so. The f ollowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned the hospit al exchange and asked for Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。They wi l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ailway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outsi de the capi tal and the whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s mother , who swam the Channel her se lf when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O lympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n four year s39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Har t has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swims the long di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wi l l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng to swi m across the Engl ish Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f r om t he French coast at f ive o39。 gave39。wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At that ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and t he l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop th an usual when t he woman 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 l it le tim e, she chose one of the m ost expensive dresses i n the shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wrapped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar rested, the detecti ve found out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er . The gir l39。 her m ot her a fr e dr es once a week ! le sson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased befor e the gir l was abl e t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ternoon she set out fr om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and the gi rl jum ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng the whole ni ght i n t he water. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, the gir l st ruggled up t he cli f t owar ds the l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l a ter, she found herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol iceman 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 heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e 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 along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of