【正文】 le i n t he shop t han usual when the wom an came in, so it was easier f or the detective t o wat ch her . The woman fi rst bought a f ew smal art icle s. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chose one of the most expensi ve dreses 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 woman 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。 gave39。 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 or e t he gi r l was able to explain what had happened to her . One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal 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 water . 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 shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l ight she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she f ound herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er f rom the l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an tol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t while ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was movi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, the pol ice stopped t he car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel tomor r ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only f ourt en years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er and many people f el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as s he swim s the l ong di stance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r ests every two hour s. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic G am es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l l be held in our count ry in f our years39。 ti me. As a great many people wil l be vi sit ng the countr y, t he gover nment wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swimming pool. 39。They wi l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rail wayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d just out si de the capit al and the whol e area wi l be cal l ed 39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci te d and are looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Games because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had oft en dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down in t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was oft en bi t er l y col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and lef t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except the weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospit al, he asked his doctor t o tel hi m whet her his operat ion had been successful, but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, the patient asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone,