【正文】 One of them was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As the t hieves were t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。cl ock in t he morni ng. Er na is only four teen year s ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld record. She is a str ong swim mer and m any people f eel t hat she is sure to succeed. Er na39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ting for her on the Engli sh coast . Among t hem wi l be Erna39。 ti me. As a great many peopl e wil l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swim ming pool. 39。Ol ym pic Ci ty39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or told hi m that it had been. He then asked when Mr Gi lbert would be al lowed t o go home and t he doctor t old hi m t hat he would have t o stay i n hospit al for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked the cal er if he was a r el ati ve of t he pat ient. 39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, the hostes asked me t o sit next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a lar ge, unsm il ing l ady i n a t ight black dress. She did not even look up when I t ook m y seat besi de her . Her eyes were fi xed on her plat e and in a short t ime, she was busy eati ng. I tr ied t o make conver sat ion. 39。 I said. 39。 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 she answer ed,39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 We must n39。t need,39。You needn39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。t any i n si ght: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he real i zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o t he chil dren and t hr ew t he bal l back t o t he bank. Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事 Yest erday aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t eli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a sm al shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used t o wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l wor k shop of hi s own. Dur i ng t he war Frank used to m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of t he war , t he sm al wor k shop had be e a lar ge f act or y which empl oyed seven hundred and t went yei ght peopl e. Fr ank sm il ed when he remem ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed him t o repai r t heir son39。 gave39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swim acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive 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 daught er f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ously as she swim s t he l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o t ake short r ests ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。s mot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O l ym pi c G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Gam es wi l be hel d i n our count r y i n f our years39。They wil l al so be bui l di ng new r oads a nd a speci al r ai l way li ne. The Gam es wi l be hel d j ust out si de the capi tal and t he whol e ar ea 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 have f inished wor k on t he new stadi um. The f i ne m oder n bui l di ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er. Ever ybody wil l be wat ching 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(dú)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 went t o l ive t her e. Al m ost imm edi at ely he began t o pl ai n about t he we at 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 left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any years ended there. Ha r 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 lbert3