【正文】 t have too m any hat s, 39。 39。 We must n39。 she answered,39。 I asked. 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 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 di d 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 shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake conver sat i on. 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。but they did not steal anythi ng. 39。 39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。t be so rude about i t, 39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 she answer ed. 39。 the pati ent answered,39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。The st rap needs m ending,39。The Revealer39。You needn39。 I sai d t o my wi f e. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d have to stay i n hospi tal for another two weks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he ca l ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。 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 things we don39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other si de 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 cover ed wi th coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very much surpr ised when the snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。230 ! Leson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel it because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar. The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went to bed, they wer e on in the mor ning. He also sai d t hat he had found f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have drunk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat som e vil la ger s must have e i n f or a fr e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old hi m t hat t hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l m e som ethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說什么嗎？ Dent ists always ask questi ons when it i s impossi ble f or you t o answer . Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi 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 hi m whether his oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone , Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I remarked suddenly. I r egr et ted saying i t al most at once. 39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el the di f f er ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 O ver 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 Ameri can explor er, R. E. Byrd, succesful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the m ountai ns if