【正文】 wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A shor t whi l e ago, m y si st er hel ped m e t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai r s. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pr i se when she saw al l t hose books on t he f l oor . 39。 39。t mat ter ,39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in the f ront of t he bus to get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter some t ime, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger lef t on the bus. 39。t know where i t is.39。 I 39。 345 f or the cost of t he tr ip. The nor mal pr i ce of a t i cket i s amp。 In t im e, al Sam39。A t hief, yes, 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。t have too many hats,39。The Reveal er 39。 39。You needn39。 We mustn39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 she answer ed, 39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 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 ati on had been succesf ul and t he doctor t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be al lowed 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。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit 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。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld recor d. She is a str ong swi mm er and m any people f el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er . The gir l39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to recogni ze. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。. Wor ker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watc hing anxiously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al very exci ted and are 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 ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or many years befor 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 f i ne house and went to l ive t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it wa s mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or ref used t o do so. The f ollowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked for Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked if Mr Gi lbert 39。 I am Mr John 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 t hat a hat ?39。 my wi fe answered as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mir r or . I sat down on one of those moder n chair s wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was sti l in fr ont of t he mir ror . 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it almost at once. 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。A man can never have too i nt o t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of the par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when t he machine showed t hat her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hles. The par t y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spite of t his, many people ar e confi dent that 39。And a woman can39。 sl owly. I t obviously could not t el l the dif fer ence between I ndi an music and j azz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl o