My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.
He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.
Almost immediately, he began to complain about the weather.
For even though, it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.
After so many years of sunshine, he got a shock.
He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
In the end, it was more than he could bear.
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.
The dream had had for so many years ended there.
Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time.
As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new "Olympic-Standard" swimming pool.
They will also be building new roads and a special railway line.
The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called "Olympic City".
Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year.
By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium.
The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.
Everybody will be watching anxiously as the buildings go up.
we are all excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they had never been held before in this country.

Debbie Hart is going to swim the English Channel tomorrow.
She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.
Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record.
She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat.
Mr.Hart has trained his daughter for years.
Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.
Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.
She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.
Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.
Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi.
A short while ago, however, he becomes a bus drive and he has not regretted it.
He is finding his new work far more exciting.
When he was driving along Catfort Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car.
One of them was carrying a bag full of money.
Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves.
The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag.
As the thieves were trying to get away in their car and Roy drove his bus into the back of it.
While the battered car moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police.
The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize.
Shortly afterwards, The police stopped the car and both men were arrested.

Dan Robinson has been worried all week.
Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the local police.
In the letter, he was asked to call at the station.
Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore.
At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found.
Five days ago, The policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.
It is now being sent to his home by train.
Dan was most surprised when he heard the news.
He was amused too because he never expected the bicycle to be found.
It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen.