【正文】 he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci t ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen searched the whol e c ave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pty t i n tr unk. I n spi te of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent t hat 39。The Reveal er 39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed for t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em ent j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t in 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and som e dri ver s spent m or e tim e under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y m il es an hour m uch f aster t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of t roubl e t ryi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easure. It was ver y di f er ent fr om m oder n car r aces but no l ess excit i ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A wom an in bl ue jeans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m oment , she f i nal y went in and as ked t o see a dress that was in t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ul l y, he t ol d her t hat t he dr es was sol d. The woman wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish t he assi stant next day. She r et urned t o the shop t he f oll owi ng m or ning dr essed in a f ur 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, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cl im bed int o the shop wi ndow t o get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it, t he woman sai d s m any t i es.39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have t oo m any hat s, 39。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he mar ket s of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Af ter a t im e, we noti ced a snakechar mer wi th t wo l arge baskets at t he ot her si de of t he square, so we went t o have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl impse of t he snake. I t r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the m ovements of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenly began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owly. I t obviously could not t el l t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieve s were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both men were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swi m across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She is goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。clock i n the mor ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiously a s she swi ms t he long dist ance t o Engl and. Er na intends to take shor t rests ever y t wo hours. She wil l have something t o dr ink but she wi l not eat any sol id food. 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(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) 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 nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swimm ing pool. 39。They wi l also be buil ding new roads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Gam es wi l l be hel d just out si de the capit al and the whol e area wi l be caled 39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。. Wor kers 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 work on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al l ver y excited and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore in t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)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 et ur ned to Engl and. He had of ten dreamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned t o set tl e down i n the countr y. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bo