【正文】 has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 gave39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every two hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al rail wayl ine. The Gam es wi l l be hel d just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be caled 39。 No, 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No, 39。 No,39。 No,39。 i f you ate mor e and talked l es, we would bot h enjoy our dinner ! 39。You needn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t have said that, 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of cars entered f or thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef ore it began. One of the most handsome car s was a Rol lsRoyce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars 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 ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winning car reached a speed of for ty m il es an hourmuch faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e t rying t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was very di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no les s excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and asked t o see a dr es t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her di d not l ike t he way she was dr essed. Glancing at her scornf ully, he t ol d her that the dress was sol d. The wom an walked out of t he shop angri ly and decide d to puni sh the asist ant next day. She r etur ned t o t he shop t he foll owing morning dr esed in a fur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a long umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeking out the r ude assistant she asked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her this t im e wit h gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed into the shop window to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , t he woman said s m any t ies.39。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear ing a hat t hat looked li ke a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Delhi , we stopped at a squar e t o have a rest . Af ter a ti me, we 。And a woman can39。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 examini ng 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 pa r 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 ti n tr unk. I n spi te of t his, many 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 f e answered as she looked at her self i n t he 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 l that a hat ?39。 Young m an, 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al l ver y excited and ar e l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har r ison, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned to Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned t o setl e down i n the countr y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most im medi ately he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l summer, i t rained conti nual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never lived i n England before. I n the end, it was mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardly had tim e to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har r ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospital , he asked his doct or to t el him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but t he doct or refused to do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he p