【正文】 hourm uch f ast er t han any of i t s ri val s. I t sped downhi l at t he end of t he r ace and i t s dr i ver had a l ot of tr oubl e tr yi ng t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi t at ed for a m om ent, she fi nal y went i n and as ked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The asist ant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dressed. Glanci ng at her scor nf ul ly, he t ol d her t hat t he dress was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he assistant next day. She r et ur ned t o t he shop t he f oll owing m or ning dr essed in a fur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um brel a i n the ot her. Aft er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dress. Not r eali zing who she was, t he asi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s ti me wit h great di f i cult y, he cl im bed i nto t he shop window t o get t he dress. As soon as she saw i t, t he wom an sai d s m any t ies. 39。 And a wom an can39。t have t oo m any hat s,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes l at er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear i ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a li ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Aft er a tim e, we not i ced a snake charm er wit h t wo l ar ge basket s at he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook a t him. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t r ose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We wer e very m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successf ully fl ew over t he South Pole for the f ir st tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his m en were able to t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, they soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point, i t seemed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men to thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whi te plai ns wit hout dif fi culty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. 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 wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r a il way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he 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 ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey 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 to set le down i n the countr y. He had no sooner etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Almost immedi ately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rained conti nual ly and i t 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 could bear. He had hardl y had ti me to se t tle down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Leson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s operati on had been successf