【正文】 ay jazz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont inued to 39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue f air l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Si l ver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aking part . Aft er a great m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent m or e t im e under t heir cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour m uch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhil l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t r oubl e t r yi ng t o st op it . The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no l es exci ti ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tat ed f or a mom ent, she fi nal l y went i n and asked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi stant who ser ved her di d not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he t ol d her t hat t he dr es was sol d. The woman wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded t o puni sh the asi st ant next day. She retur ned t o t he shop t he fol lowing morni ng dr esed i n a fur coat, wi th a handbag i n one hand and a long umbr el la i n t he ot her . Af ter seeking out the r ude assistant she asked f or the same dr ess. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi stant was eager t o serve her this t im e wi th gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed int o the shop window to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , t he woman said s m any ties.39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。t have sai d that,39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。You needn39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked l es, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。 No, 39。 No, 39。 No,39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。 No,39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Games wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。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 short rests every two hours. She wi l have some thi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 gave39。but they did not steal anythi ng. 39。dance39。 39。 I said. 39。 m y wi fe answer ed. 39。t need,39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answered. 39。 I said. 39。 the pati ent answer ed,39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She kne w she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was high up on t he cli f s. On ar ri ving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er, she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck 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 the stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr ied any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a sm il ng poli ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Five da ys ago, t he pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a sm al 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 sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because 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 Stop t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton 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 along Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw two thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str aight at t he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t ryi ng to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。球 還 是水 球？ The Wayle i s a smal ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. I t was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e childr 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