【正文】 I sai d. 39。t need,39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered. 39。 I said. 39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was able to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the wat er . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he li ght was high up on the cli f s. On ar iving at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cl if f towards t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an that hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundred mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost s ur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f i ndi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng along Catf or d St r et r ecent l y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。t axi39。 39。 We m ust n39。 she answered,39。 I asked. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, t he host ess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil i ng lady i n a ti ght bl ack dr es. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat besi de her . Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and i n a shor t im e, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conversat i on. 39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be vi sit i ng the count r y, t he governm ent wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense stadi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on t o st eal i s gr eat er than ever bef or eespeci al l y in l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he wom an cam e i n, so it was easi er f or t he det ecti ve t o watch her. The wom an f ir st bought a f ew sm al l arti cles. Aft er a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of t he 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 parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ecti ve f ound out that the shop asist ant was her daught er. The gir l39。 No Par ki ng39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。s f at her wi l set out wi t h her i n a sm al boat . Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxi ousl y as she swims t he l ong di st ance t o Engl and. Er na i ntends t o t ake short r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wil have som et hi ng t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol i d food. Most of Er na39。 No,39。 No,39。 No,39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s held f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em e nt j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsome cars was a Rol l s Royce Si lver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t heir cars t han i n t hem ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess e xci ti ng. Leson57 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 at ed for a moment , she f inal y went in and asked to see a dress that was in t he wi ndow. The asi st ant who served her did not l