【正文】 an wal ked out of t he shop angri ly and deci ded t o puni sh t he asi st ant next da y. She ret ur ned t o t he shop t he f ol lowi ng m or ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el 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 dress. Not r eal izi ng who she was, t he assi st ant was eager t o se rve her thi s t im e wit h gr eat dif fi cul t y, he cli mbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, t he woman sai d s many t i es.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul ,39。t have sai d t hat ,39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。You needn39。 i f you at e mor e and tal ked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。 No,39。 No,39。 No,39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a dinner par t y, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmi li ng lady i n a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She did not even look up when I t ook m y seat besi de her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl ate and i n a shor t tim e, she was busy eat i ng. I tr i ed t o m ake conver sati on. 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or tol d hi m that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gil ber t woul d be al owed t o go hom e and t he doctor t ol d him t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospit al for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal ler if he was a rel at ive of t he pati ent .39。 t im e. As a great m any peopl e wil l be visit ing t he count ry, t he governm ent wil l be buil di ng new hot el s, an im m ense st adi um , and a f ine new swim mi ng pool . 39。cl ock i n t he m orni ng. Er na i s only f ourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mm er and m any peopl e f eel t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s greater t han ever bef or e especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect i ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dr esed wom an who al ways went i nto a lar ge st or e on Monday m or nings. One Monday, t her e were f ewer people i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an came i n, so i t was easi er f or t he det e ct i ve t o wat ch her . The wom an fi r st bought a f ew smal art i cl es. Af ter a li t l e t im e, she chose one of t he most expensive dr eses i n t he shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he wom an sim pl y t ook t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect i ve f ound out t hat t he shop assi st ant was her daught er . The gi rl 39。 gave39。s fat her wi l set out wit h her i n a sm al l boat. Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er for year s. Tom or r ow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swim s t he l ong di stance to Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Er na39。They wi l also be buil di ng new roads and a special r ai l wayl i ne. The Games wi l be hel d just out si 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 to The Gl obe soon, 39。 she answered. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 l eson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t be so rude about it ,39。t need,39。 my wif e answer ed.39。 I sai d. 39。 39。dance39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。 her mot her a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her . One aft er noon she set out f r om t he coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and t he gir l j umped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di stance of ei ght mi l es. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on t he cli f fs. On ar i vi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cl if f towar ds t he li ght she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr i ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to t he stati on yester day and now he is not worr ied any mor e . At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the poli cem an told him, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed mil es away. I t i s now being sent t o hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d the news. He was amused t oo, because he never expected t he bicycle t o be found. It was stolen t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used to dr ive a t axi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a busdr iver and he was not r egr eted i t. He is f inding hi s new work far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet re cent ly, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and r un towards a wai ti ng car . One of them was car rying a bag f ull of money. Roy acted qui ckl y and drove the bus str aight at t he thieves. The one wi th t he money got such a fr i ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hieves wer e tr ying t o get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi l e t he bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he