【正文】 en year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim mer and many peopl e f el t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。s school fr i ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engl i sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。 ti me. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be visit i ng t he count r y, t he government wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。Ol ym pi c Cit y39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m that i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l bert woul d be al owed to go hom e and t he doct or t ol d hi m t ha t he woul d have to st ay i n hospi t al f or another t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal l er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pa ti ent .39。 t he pat ient answer ed,39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l arge, unsmil i ng l ady i n a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t tim e, she was busy eat ing. I t r ied t o make conversati on. 39。 I sai d. 39。 No, 39。Wi l you be spendi ng your hol i days abr oad t hi s year ?39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No,39。 Young m an,39。 i f you at e m or e and tal ked l ess , we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。You needn39。 my wi f e answer ed as she l ooked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai r s wit h holes i n it and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il i n f r ont of the mi r or. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et t ed saying i t alm ost at once. 39。t have said t hat ,39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er ri ble t i e you bought yester day.39。 I fi nd it beauti f ul ,39。A m an can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y f ound a smal gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wor t hl ess. The part y t hen searched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi 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。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of value f ai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and ther e was a great deal of excit ement j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsome cars was a Rolls Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y thr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part . Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent mor e ti me under their cars t han i n t hem ! wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing 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 kshop had be e a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。 gave39。 car was badl y damaged and easy t o recogni ze. Short ly af ter war ds, t he pol i ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f i ve o39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t r ai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swi ms t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somet hi ng to dr i nk but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s m ot her, who swam t he Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n four year s39。They wi l also be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Gam es wi l be hel d just out si de the capi t al and t he whol e area wi l be cal l ed 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 wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne modern buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 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 ore he r et ur ned t o England. He had of t en 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 ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o pl ai n about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l eft