【正文】 t have t oo many hat s, 39。 39。 We m ustn39。 she answer ed,39。 I asked. 39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rumbol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I t ook my seat besi de her . Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a short t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conver sat ion. 39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any people wi l be vi si ti ng the count ry, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotels, an im mense stadi um , and a f ine new swi mm ing pool. 39。s bicycle! Lesson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t emptati on to st eal i s greater than ever befor e especi aly in l arge shops. A detecti ve recent ly watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday mornings. One Monday, t her e were fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o watch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li tl e t ime, she chose one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as quickly as possi ble. Then the woman simply t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout 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。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear ing a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k t hr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e t o have a rest. Af ter a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h t wo l ar 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 pi cked up a l ong pipe whi ch 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. It r ose out of t he basket and began to f ol l ow t he m ovem ent s of the pi pe. We were ver y much sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began to pl ay jazz tunes and moder n pop songs . The snake, however, cont inued to 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked l es, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。 No, 39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,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。 gave39。 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。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 I said. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。t need,39。 I said. 39。dance39。 gave39。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。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon,39。 No, 39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked l es, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear ing a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k t hr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e t o have a rest. Af ter a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h t wo l ar ge baskets at the other side of the squar e, so we went t