【正文】 were. The tempt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n lar ge shops. A detective r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed woman who always 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 watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wrapped it up f or her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar rested, the detecti ve found out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gir l39。 gave39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was abl e t o explai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore aft er spending t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospi t al. 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 er f rom t he 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 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 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 bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t i s 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 am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y 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 short whi l e ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ng. When he was dri ving al ong Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait i ng car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and dr ove t he bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves wer e t r yi ng t o get away i n their ca r, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of i t. Whi l e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart is goi ng t o swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t omorr ow. She is going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。cl ock in t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een year s ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld rec or d. She is a str ong swim mer and m any people f eel t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s fat her wi l set out wi th her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ousl y as she swi ms the l ong distance to England. Erna i ntends t o t ake short r est s every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng to dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。s school f ri ends wi l be wait ing for her on t he Engli sh coast . Among t hem wi l be Erna39。s m other, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ym pic G ames 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wil l be hel d in our count ry in f our years39。 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。They wi l l al so be bui lding new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d just out side the capit al and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by t he end of this year. By t he end of ne xt year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne modern buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward to t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har r ison, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned t o set le down i n the countr y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most im medi ately he began to pl ain about t he weather, for even though it was sti l summer , i t rained conti nual y a nd it was of ten bi ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har r ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it was mor e than he coul d bear. He had hardly had time to set tle down when he sol d 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 exce