【正文】 t next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rum bol d was a lar ge, unsmi li ng l ady i n a t ight bl ack dress. She did 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 short t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake conver sat ion. 39。 t im e. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be vi sit i ng t he 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。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Short l y af t er war ds, the poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en were ar rest ed. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng t o swim acr oss t he Engli sh Channel t om or r ow. She i s goi ng t o set out f r om t he Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne modern buil dings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunter. Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. W e are al ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been hel d bef or e i n t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or many years bef or e he ret ur ned t o Engl and. He had oft en dr eam ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set l e down i n t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a f i ne house and went t o li ve t her e. Al most i mm edi at el y he began t o pl ai n about t he weat her , for e ven t hough i t was st il l summ er, it r ained cont i nual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Af ter so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har ri s on got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l i ved i n Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, i t was mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardl y had t im e t o set l e down when he sol d t he house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so many year s ended t here. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weat her. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was i n hospit al , he asked his doctor t o tel him whet her his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, t he pat i ent asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was al one, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi l bert . He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。Wil l you be sei ng i t ?39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng 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 t ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen searched the whol e c ave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pty t i n tr unk. I n spi te of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent t hat 39。 sl owly. I t obviously could not t el l 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 thieve s 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 t he bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。 I said. 39。 she answered. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你 把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t need, 39。 I sai d. 39。dance39。They wil l al so be buil di ng new r oads and a speci al r ai l way li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outsi de t he capi tal and t he whol e ar ea wil l be cal led 39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon, 39。 No,39。 if you at e more and t al ked less, we woul d both enj oy our di nner !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 wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he mar ket s of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Af ter a t im e, we noti ced a snakechar mer wi th t wo l arge baskets at t he ot her si de of t he square, so we went t o have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl impse of t he snake. I t r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the m ovements of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenly began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed for t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em ent j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t in 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and som e dri ver s spent m or e tim e under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y m il es an hour m uch f a