【正文】 id t hat ,39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。 m ay reveal something 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 onl y thr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was t he ol dest car taking part . Aft 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 m or e t ime under their cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess 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 l y went i n and asked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The asistant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dr essed. Glanci ng at her scor nf ul ly, he tol d her t hat t he dr ess 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。 What are you doi ng ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 It 39。t it upsi de down ?39。t axi 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange request fr om a businessm an. The ma n wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t here wer en39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased before the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he clif f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al l she r em ember ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself in hospit al. Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal police. In the let ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ation. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any mor e. At the st at i on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a smal l vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now being sent to hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused t oo, becaus e he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f inding hi s new wor k far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf ord St reet recent ly, he saw two thi eves rush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ng car . One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove the bus str aight at t he thieves. The one wi th t he money got such a f ri ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t rying to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi le t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s school f ri ends wi l l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 the pati ent answer ed,39。 I said. 39。 she answered. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answer ed. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 lesson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。t be so rude about i t, 39