【正文】 and my wi f e was stil l in f r ont of the m ir ror . 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yester day. 39。And a woman can39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of cars entered f or thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef ore it began. One of the most handsome car s was a Rol lsRoyce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winning car reached a speed of for ty m il es an hourmuch faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e t rying t o 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 les s 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 nal ly 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 essed. Glancing at her scornf ully, he t ol d her that the dress was sol d. The wom an walked out of t he shop angri ly and decide d to puni sh the asist ant next day. She r etur ned t o t he shop t he foll owing morning dr esed in a fur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a long umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeking out the r ude assistant she asked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her this t im e wit h gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed into the shop window to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , t he woman said s m any t ies.39。t have said that, 39。You needn39。 No,39。 No, 39。 No, 39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di st ance t o England. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every two hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。And a woman can39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yester day. 39。 my wi f e answered a s she looked at her self i n t he mir ror . I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wi f e was stil l in f r ont of the m ir ror . 39。 Young m an, 39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Gam es wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a ver y lar ge business pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a smal shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at that ime he used t o wor k four teen hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a large f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twent y eight people. Frank sm i l ed when he remember ed hi s hard earl y year s and the l ong road t o success. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came in. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。t axi 39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef ore t he gir l was abl e to explain what had happened to her . One aft er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j um ped i nto t he sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng the whol e ni ght i n t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next m or ni ng, she saw a l i ght a head. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shore, the gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she f ound herself i n hospit al. Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et ter fr om t he l ocal pol ice. In t he let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went to t he st ati on yest er day and now he i s not worr ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, t he poli cem an tol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. I t was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ento