【正文】 i s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be watchi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to t ake shor t r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。. Workers wil l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t his year . By t he end of next year, t hey wi l l have f inished work on the new st adi um . The fi ne moder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e l ooking for war d t o the Ol ympi c Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e in this c ountr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except he weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old f r iend, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of ret ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l sum mer, i t r ained cont inual y and it was of t en bi t terl y cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In the end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the count ry. The dr eam he had had f or so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hing except the weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whet her hi s oper ation had been succesful , but t he doctor r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l ber t. He asked i f Mr Gi l ber t39。 No, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 No, 39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 No,39。 Young man,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。You needn39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the 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。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。t have sai d that,39。 I need not r emi nd you of that er i bl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent that 39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue f air l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent er ed f or t his r ace l ast year and there was a great deal of excit em ent j ust befor e it began. One of the m ost handsome cars was a Rol ls Royce Si lver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y thr e wheels. Buil t in 1885, it was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, the r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he course and some dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of for ty m il es an hour much faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble t ryi ng to stop it. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easure. It was very dif ferent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensive shop. Though she hesi tat ed for a moment , she f inal y went i n and asked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The assistant who ser ved her di d not like t he way she was dresed. Glancing at her scor nf ul l y, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish the assi stant next day. She r et urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ning dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, the wom an sai d s many ti es. 39。t have too many hats,39。dance39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。A thi ef, yes, 39。 Two months l at er, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another not e:39。 I n ti me, al l Sam 39。 I am 100 per cent ho