【正文】 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。Oh dear ,39。 answered t he conductor . I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr yside. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r ealized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。 I39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。The st rap needs mending,39。The Reveal er39。You needn39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。The Revealer39。 said the conductor . 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 You39。m going t o Woodf ord Gr een,39。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said: 39。 said Mrs St er li ng l at er , 39。 may r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for ol d car s. A lot of car s ent er ed f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci teme nt just 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 oldest car taking 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 i vers spent m ore t im e under t heir cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nni ng car eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour m uch f ast er t han any of i ts r i vals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a l ot of tr oubl e t rying to 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 less 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 naly 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 esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nful ly, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he as sistant next day. She r et urned to the shop the f oll owi ng mor ning dr essed in a f ur coat , wi t h a handbag in one hand and a l ong um brel a in the other. Af t er seeki ng out t he rude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dres. Not reali zing who she was, t he asist ant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi t h great di f icult y, he cl imbed i nto t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dress. As soon as she saw i t, the wom an sai d s many t ies. 39。t have said t hat ,39。You needn39。 No,39。 No, 39。 I said. 39。 she answered. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t need,39。 I sai d. 39。dance39。 Two m ont hs later , some m or e money was sent t o Sam wi th anot her note:39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked me how my br ot her was and whet her I li ked my new job i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was bus y sear chi ng out t he hol e where the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but could not say anyt hing. When the denti st at last removed the cott on wool fr om my mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t ooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for t he fi rst two ni ghts, but on t he thir d ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il the bed ha d str uck t he ground. Al t hough t he bed was smashed to pi eces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhurt . When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat ress. Gl anci ng at t he bits of wood and m et al t hat l ay ar ound him, t he man sadl y picked up the m at tr es and car ied i t i nto hi s house. Aft er he had put it on t he fl oor , he pr omptl y went to sl ep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove t ravel ing i n the countr y, but I don39。 I 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。I 39。You don39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul ,39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that l ooked l i ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂(lè) 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 . Aft er a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h t wo lar ge baskets 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 opened 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 to pl ay jaz tunes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued to 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up for sal e. Mr Thompson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om the bar. The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been bloc ked by chair s and the f urni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had tur ned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. H