【正文】 ing the count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hotels, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor t ol d him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l ber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doct or told him that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal f or another two weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal ler if he was a relat ive of the pati ent .39。 Leson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rumbol d was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady in a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and in a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I t ri ed to make conversati on. 39。 No, 39。 No, 39。 No, 39。 i f you at e mor e and talked l ess, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。You needn39。t buy thi ngs we don39。t have said that,39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or this r ace last year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef ore i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the cour se and some dr iver s spent more t ime under thei r car s than in them ! A few car s, however, pleted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourmuch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o stop i t. The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y di f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit ated f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and as ked to see a dress that was in the wi ndow. The assi st ant who served her did not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl ancing at her scornf ull y, he t old her that the dr ess was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided t o puni sh the asi st ant next day. She retur ned to t he shop t he fol lowi ng morni ng dresed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a long umbr el la i n t he ot her . Af ter seeking out the r ude assistant she asked for the same dr ess. Not r eal izi ng who she was, the assi stant was eager to serve her this time wi th gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed int o the shop wi ndow to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , the woman said s many ti es.39。 she answer ed. Ten minutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was weari ng a hat t hat l oked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other side of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was covered wi th coi ns and opene d one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fi rst gli mpse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of the pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pr ised when t he snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued to 39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng lat er , 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visi ting the count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hotels, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor t ol d him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l ber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doct or told him that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal f or another two weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal ler if he was a relat ive of the pati ent .39。 Leson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. M rs Rumbol d was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady in a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her e yes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and in a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I t ri ed to make conversati on. 39。 No, 39。 No, 39。 No, 39。 Wil l you be stayi ng in England?39。Wil l you be spending your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 I sai d. 39。 t he pat ient answered,39。Ol ympic Cit y39。s school f ri ends wi l l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and unfort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed that he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over 新化縣馬鞍山煤礦廉租住房工程項(xiàng)目 可