【正文】 ng anxi ousl y as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit 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 befor e in t his count r y. Lesson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er r anean f or m any years bef or e he r et ur ned t o Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of r et ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r et ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and we nt t o l ive t her e. Al m ost imm edi at ely he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her , f or even though it was sti l sum mer, i t rai ned conti nual y and it was of ten bit t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had tim e t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and le ft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or t o t el him whet her his oper ati on had been successful, but t he doctor r ef used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, the pati ent asked f or a bedsi de telephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mi l i ngt on. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi l bert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil bert. He asked i f Mr Gi lbert39。 No, 39。 I am Mr John Gil bert. 39。 A new pl ay is i ng t o The Gl obe soon,39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be spendi ng 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 l ess, 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 et ed 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 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 Wayl e is a sm al l r i ver t hat cut s across the par k near my home. I li ke si t i ng by t he Wayl e on fi ne af t er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e people r owi ng on t he ri ver. Suddenl y, one of the chil dren ki cked a bal very har d and i t went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on the bank cal led out to t he man i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem. The bal str uck hi m so har d t hat he near ly f el i nt o t he wat er. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chi l dr en, but t here wer en39。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 ly i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dresed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor nings. 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 for the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tle ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensive dresses i n the shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, the detective f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gi r l39。 her mot her a f ree dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased before the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he 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, t he gir l st ruggled up t he clif f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself in hospit al. Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal police. In the let ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ation. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to the 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 sm il ing poli ceman t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a smal vil lage four hundr ed m i les 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 too, because he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it . He is f inding hi s new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng along Catf ord St reet recent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag f