【正文】 up when I t ook m y seat besi de her. Her eyes were f i xed on her plat e and i n a short ti me, she was busy eat i ng. I tr i ed t o m ake conver sati on. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed,39。 We must n39。 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes l at er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear i ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a li ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Aft er a tim e, we not i ced a snake charm er wit h t wo l ar ge basket s at he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook a t him. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t r ose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We wer e very m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har r ison, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned to set le down i n the countr y. He had no sooner etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Almost immedi ately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rained conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har r ison got a shock. He acted as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me to se t tle down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ison had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Leson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or r ef used t o do so. The f oll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside t elephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。Wil l you be seei ng it ?39。 I asked. 39。 I sai d to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。The Reveal er39。s mot her, who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O l ym pic G am es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Ol ym pic Gam es wil l be hel d i n our count r y i n four year s39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。Wil you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 Young m an,39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wi th hol es i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of t he mi r ror. 39。 I need not r emi nd you of t hat ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest erday. 39。And a wom an can39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successf ully fl ew over t he South Pole for the f ir st tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his m en were able to t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, they soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point, i t seemed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s me n to thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whi te plai ns wit hout dif fi culty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under t he gr ound. Very excit 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 al most wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent that 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。Wil you be seeing i t ?39。. Workers wi l have plet ed t he new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , they wil l have