【正文】 t axi39。 39。 We must n39。 she answered,39。 I asked. 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 to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t i ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conversati on. 39。 ti me. As a great many peopl e wil l be visit ing t he countr y, the gover nment wi l l be bui lding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swim ming pool. 39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tempt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n lar ge shops. A detective r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dressed woman who always went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wrapped it up f or her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar rested, the detecti ve found out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gir l39。 No Par king39。 m y wif e answer ed. 39。t be so r ude about i t,39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ng f or her on t he Engl ish coast. Am ong t hem wil l be Erna39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil l age i n t he Wel sh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has fl own pasenger s t o m any unusual places. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Capt ai n Fawcet has j ust re f used a str ange r equest fr om a busi nessm an. The man want ed t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y i sl and i n t he Atl ant ic Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet di d not t ake hi m because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a smal r i ver t hat cut s acr oss t he park near m y home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayl e on fi ne af t er noons. It was warm l ast Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual. Som e chi ldr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on t he bank and t her e wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dren ki cked a bal ver y har d and it went t owar ds a passi ng boat . Som e peopl e on t he bank cal ed out t o t he m an i n t he boat, but he di d not hear t hem . The bal l st ruck him so har d t hat he nearl y f el i nto t he wat er. I t ur ned t o l ook at t he chil dren, but t her e wer en39。t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi r e and cr ept i nt o t hei r t ent. Thei r sleepi ngbags were warm and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he m i ddl e of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was full of wat er ! They al l leapt out of t heir sl e ping bags and hur ri ed outside. It was r ai ning heavi l y and t hey f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f iel d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under t heir t ent ! Leson28 No parki ng 禁止停車(chē) Jasper Whit e is one of t hose r ar e peopl e who beli eves i n anci ent m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he ci t y, but ever si nce he m oved in, he has had t r ouble wit h mot or ist s. when he r et urns hom e at night, he al ways f inds t hat som eone has par ked a car out si de hi s gate. Because of t his, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。t any i n si ght : t hey had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal l ed out t o the chil dr en and t hr ew t he bal back t o the bank. Lesson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to wor k i n a smal shop. I t was hi s j ob t o r epai r bi cycl es and at t hat tim e he used to wor k f our t en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used t o m ake spar e par ts f or aer opl anes. At that tim e he had t wo hel per s. By the end of t he war , the smal wor kshop had be e a l ar ge f act or y whi ch em pl oyed seven hundr ed and t wenty ei ght peopl e. Frank sm il ed when he r em em ber ed hi s har d earl y year s and t he l ong road t o succes. He was st il l sm il ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o r epair t hei r son39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Leson37 The Ol ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympi c Gam es wil l be hel d i n our countr y i n four year s39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 Young man,39。 m y wi fe answered as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mi r ror. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of the mi r ror. 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ibl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。 si gns out si de hi s gate, but t hese have not had any ef f ect . Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he tol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o st one. But none