【正文】 f ood. Most of Er na39。They wil al so be bui ldi ng new r oads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Gam es wil l be hel d j ust outsi de t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。 No,39。 A new pl ay is i ng t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 No,39。 No, 39。 No,39。 i f you at e mor e and t alked l ess, we woul d bot h enj oy our di nner !39。You needn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t have sai d that,39。 I fi nd it beauti ful, 39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot 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 t em ent j ust bef ore i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only thr e wheels. Buil t in 1885, it was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, t he race began. Many of the car s br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them !t hey under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pi ct ure i s 39。 anyt hing. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciat e moder n pi ct ures bet ter t han anyone el se. They notice m ore. My sist er i s onl y seven, but she always t el ls m e whet her m y pict ur es ar e good or not . She came into my r oom yest er day. 39。m hanging t his pict ur e on t he wal ,39。 She l ooke d at it cri ti cal ly f or a moment. 39。but i sn39。 si gns out si de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he ha s put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he tol d m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t urn m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t urned t o st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。. Thi s wonder ful pl ane can car ry seven passengers. The most sur pr isi ng thing about it, however , is t hat i t can l and anywhere: on snow, wat er, or even on a pl oughed f ield. Captain Fawcet t39。 gave39。s f at her wi l l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained hi s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to take shor t r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roa ds and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wi l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。 No, 39。 A new pl ay is ing to The Gl obe soon, 39。 No,39。 No,39。 No, 39。 i f you at e mor e and talked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。You needn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t have said that, 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。 may reveal somethi ng of value f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A lot of car s ent er ed for t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of exci teme nt j ust befor e it began. One of t he most handsome cars was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only thr e wheels. Buil t in 1885, it was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, t he race began. Many of the car s br oke down on the course and som e dri ver 。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to fi nd bur ied t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exam ining the soil near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the ground. Very excit ed, the par ty dug a hole two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a smal l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par ty then sear ched t he whol e cave thoroughly but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empty tin tr unk. I n spi te of t his, m any people ar e conf ident that 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yester day. 39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the mir ror . I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wi f e was stil l in f r ont of the m ir ror . 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 Young m an, 39。 Wi l you be st aying i n Engl and?39。Wi l you be spending your holi days abroad thi s year ?39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。. W orkers wil l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t his year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f inished work on the new st adi um . The fi ne moder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e l ooking for war d t o the Ol ympi c Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except he weather 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of ret ir ing i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count ry. He had no sooner r eturned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l sum mer, i t rained cont inual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived i n England bef ore. In the end, i t was more than he coul d bear . He had har dly had t im e to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the countr y. The dr eam he