【正文】 i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r et ur ned t o England. He had of t en dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o pl ai n about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il summ er , it r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t here. Har ison had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil bert was i n hospit al, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused t o do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned t he hospi t al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi l bert sai d he was inqui ri ng about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m that i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l bert woul d be al owed to go hom e and t he doct or t ol d hi m t ha t he woul d have to st ay i n hospi t al f or another t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal l er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pa ti ent .39。 No,39。 t he pat ient answer ed,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l arge, unsmil i ng l ady i n a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t tim e, she was busy eat ing. I t r ied t o make conversati on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Gl obe soon,39。 I sai d. 39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wi l you be spendi ng your hol i days abr oad t hi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young m an,39。 she answer ed,39。 i f you at e m or e and tal ked l ess , we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。 l esson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I sai d t o m y wif e. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 my wi f e answer ed as she l ooked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai r s wit h holes i n it and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il i n f r ont of the mi r or. 39。 We m ust n39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need, 39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et t ed saying i t alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have said t hat ,39。 m y wif e answer ed.39。 I need not r em i nd you of t hat t er ri ble t i e you bought yester day.39。 39。 I fi nd it beauti f ul ,39。 I sai d. 39。A m an can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y f ound a smal gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wor t hl ess. The part y t hen searched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。The Revealer39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of value f ai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and ther e was a great deal of excit ement j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsome cars was a Rolls Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y thr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part . Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent mor e ti me under their cars t han i n t hem ! wor k f ourt een hour s a day. He saved m oney for year s and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o m ake spare part s f or aer opl anes. At t hat t im e he had t wo hel per s. By t he end of the war , t he sm al wor kshop had be e a l arge f act or y whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smi led when he r em em ber ed his har d ear l y years and t he l ong r oad t o success. He was st il l smi li ng when t he door opened and his wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever bef or eespeci al l y i n l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assist