【正文】 u of that er ri bl e t ie you bought yest er day.39。And a woman can39。 may r eveal something of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once ayear a r ace is hel d for ol d cars. A lot of car s entered for this race l ast year and ther e was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had onl y three wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was the oldest car taki ng par t. Aft er a great many l oud explosions, t he r ace began. Many of the cars broke down on t he cour se and some dr iver s spent more ti me under their cars t han in t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pleted the race. The winning car reached a speed of fort y miles an hour much f aster t han any of it s r ival s. It sped downhil at he end of the race and its dri ver had a lot of t rouble t rying to stop it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. I t was ver y di ferent f rom moder n car races but no less excit ng. Leson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans stood at the window of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated for a moment , she finaly went i n and asked t o see a dr ess that was in the window. The asistant who served her di d not like the way she was dresed. Glancing at her scornf ul ly, he told her t hat the dr ess was sol d. The woman wal ked out of t he shop angr ily and deci ded to puni sh t he asistant next day. She returned t o the shop the following morning dresed i n a fur coat , wi th a handbag in one hand and a long umbrela i n the ot her. Af ter seking out the rude assi tant she asked for the same dr ess. Not r eali zi ng who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o serve her this t ime wit h gr eat di fi cult y, he cl imbed i nt o the shop window t o get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it, the woman sai d s many ti es.39。t have sai d that ,39。You needn39。 No,39。 No,39。 No,39。s f at her wil set out wit h her in a smal l boat . Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er for years. Tomor row he wil l be wat ching her anxiousl y as she swims the long di st ance t o England. Erna intends to t ake short rest s ever y two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Erna39。. Thi s wonder ful plane can car y seven passengers. The most sur pr ising thing about it , however, is that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a pl oughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet 39。And a woman can39。 I need not r emi nd you of t hat er ri bl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。 m y wi fe answered as she l ooked at hersel f i n the m ir ror. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wi th hol es i n it and waited. We had been in t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he mi r or. 39。 Young man, 39。Wil you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 I am Mr John Gil bert. 39。s mother , who swam t he Channel herself when she was agirl . Leson37 The Ol ym pi c G ames 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pic Gam es wi l be held i n our countr y in f our years39。t any i n sight : they had al r un away! The m an l aughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dr en and threw t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yesterday aft er noon Fr ank Hawki ns was teli ng m e about hi s exper iences as a young m an. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y large busi ness pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al shop. I t was his j ob t o r epair bi cycles and at t hat ime he used t o work f ourt en hours a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l wor k shop of his own. Dur ing the war Fr ank used t o m ake spare par ts f or aer oplanes. At t hat ime he had t wo hel per s. By the end of t he war, t he sm al workshop had bee alar ge fact ory which employed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght peopl e. Frank sm il ed when he r emem ber ed his har d earl y year s and t he l ong road t o succes. He was st il sm il ng when the door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She wanted him t o repair t heir son39。t axi39。 her m ot her a fr e dres once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e the gi rl was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft er noon she set out fr om the coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat st r uck a r ock and t he gir l jum ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shor e af ter spending the whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a distance of eight mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near the shor e because t he l ight was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shore, t he gir l str uggled up t he cli f towar ds t he l ight she had seen. That was al l she rem ember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she found her self i n hospit al . Leson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速 ” Ted Robinson has been worri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a l et ter f rom t he l ocal pol ice. I n t he l et ter he was asked to cal l at the st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he is not worri ed any m or e. At the st at ion, he was t ol d by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been found. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t ol d him , the bi cycl e was picked up in a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o his hom e by t ra in. Ted was most sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Leson35 St op thief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used t o dri ve ataxi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar mor e xcit ing. W