【正文】 ur di nner !39。 l esson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I said t o m y wif e. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 m y 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 wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop for hal f an hour and m y wif e was sti l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。 We m ust n39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need,39。 I r em arked suddenly. I r egr et ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 my 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 t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exam ini ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y ti n t r unk. In 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 hing of value f ai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for ol d car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci teme nt just bef or e i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Si l ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hree wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he oldest car taking part . Aft er a great m any loud 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 dr i ver s spent m ore t im e under t heir cars t han in t hem ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nni ng car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour m uch f ast er t han any of i ts r i vals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a l ot of t r oubl e tr yi ng t o st op it . The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no l es e xci ti ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 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 hesit at ed f or a m om ent , she fi nal y went i n and asked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi stant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dressed. Glanci ng at her scornf ul ly, he t ol d her t hat t he dress was sol d. The wom an walked out of t he shop angri l y and deci ded t o puni sh the assi st ant next day. She r et ur ned to t he shop t he f ol l owi ng m or ni ng dr essed i n a f ur coat, wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um brel a i n t he ot her . Aft er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dr ess. Not r eal izi ng who she was, t he assi stant was eager to ser ve her t hi s tim e wi t h gr eat di f icult y, he cli m bed i nt o t he shop wi ndow 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。 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 l i ke a l i ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k thr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e t o have a rest. Af ter a ti m e, we noti ced a snake char m er wi th t wo l arge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pipe whi ch was cover ed wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he baskets. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of the pi pe. We were ver y m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began t o pl ay j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f erence bet ween Indian 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 Pol e, t he Ameri can expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesf ul l y fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e for t he f ir st im e. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and hi s m en wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an i nt o ser i ous t r ouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once or der ed hi s men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n si ght. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an t hrough a f orest af ter t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f or est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he str uggl e, t he str ap br oke and, wi t h t he bag i n t hei r possesi on, both m en st art ed runni ng t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at them .