【正文】 new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci t ed and ar e l ooki ng f or war d t o t he Ol ympi c Gam es because t hey have never been hel d bef or e i n thi 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 r eti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l i ve t here. Alm ost im mediatel y he began t o pl ai n about the weat her, f or e ven 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 years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He act ed as if he had never l ived i n Engl and bef ore. I n t he end, i t was m ore t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t im e to set le down when he sol d the house and l ef t t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever ythi ng except t he weat her . Leson39 Am I al l right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was i n hospit al , he asked his doctor t o tel him whet her his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, t he pat i ent asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was al one, 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 Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l ber t. He asked i f Mr Gil ber t39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon,39。Wil l you be seei ng it ?39。 No,39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oa d t hi s year ?39。 No,39。 Wi 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 es, we woul d bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。You needn39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f 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 wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was sti 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 regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。t have sai d that,39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er ible tie you bought yester day.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。A man can never have t oo 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 bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as they once wer e. The t emptati on to st eal i s greater than ever befor e especi al y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve recently watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge store on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o watch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as quickly as possi ble. Then the woman si mply t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout paying. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asist ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 her mother a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spe ndi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vil age f our hundr ed mil es away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused t oo, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dr iving al ong Cat for d Str eet r e centl y, he saw t wo t hieves rush out of a shop and run t owards a wai ti ng car . One of t