【正文】 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 as ked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。Wil you be s eei 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 ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r or. 39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr eted saying i t al most at once. 39。t have said t hat ,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er r ible tie you bought yester day.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul ,39。A man can never have t o 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。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef oreespecial 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 than 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 expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a sm al boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a l et ter fr om t he local poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at the stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not wor ri ed any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smil i ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old him , t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a smal vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e t o be found. I t was st olen t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar m or e excit i ng. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat f or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves rush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna 39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。s oper at ion had been