【正文】 9。The str ap needs mending,39。t have t oo many hat s, 39。The Reveal er 39。 39。You needn39。 We mustn39。 I sai d to m y wi fe. 39。 she answer ed, 39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, the host es asked me t o si t next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a lar ge, unsm il ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dres. She did not even look up when I took m y seat besi de her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a short ti me, she was busy eating. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doctor t ol d him t hat he would have t o stay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil lingt on asked the ca l er i f he was a r el ative of t he pat ient. 39。 ti me. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he count ry, the gover nment wil l be bui lding new hot el s, an im mense stadium , and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。cl ock in the mor ni ng. Er na is onl y four teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swim mer and many people feel t hat she is sur e to succeed. Erna39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecogni ze. Shor tl y aft er war ds, t he poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar est ed. Leson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t i s going t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She is going to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s mother, who swam the Channel he rself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by the end of this year. By t he end of next year , they wil l have f ini shed wor k on t he new st adi um. The fi ne modern buil dings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward to t he Olym pi 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(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o England. He had of ten dr eamed of r etir ing in England and had planned to set le down i n the countr y. He had no sooner retur ned t han he bought a f ine house and went to l ive t her e. Almost immedi ately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even t hough it was sti l sum mer, i t r ained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived i n Engl and 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 had had f or so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except the weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whether hi s oper ati on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de telephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a c er tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l ber t. He asked if Mr Gi l ber t39。 I am Mr J ohn Gil bert .39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。Wi l you be spending your holi days abroad thi s year ?39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 Young man, 39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or . I sat down on one of those modern chair s wit h holes i n it and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop for hal f an hour and my wif e was sti l in fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。 I r em ar ked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when the machine showed that here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。And a woman can39。 sl owl y. It obviously could not tel l t he dif fer ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can explor er, R. E. Byrd, succesful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seemed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 f eet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men to throw out t wo heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o ri se and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m iles away, for ther e were no m ore mount ai ns in sight . The ai rcr af t was abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whi te plai ns wit hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster li ng did not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whi le she was havi ng a piic at t he edge of a f orest wi th her chil dren and tr ied t o steal her handbag. In t he str u