【正文】 Af ter a great many l oud explosions, the race began. Many of t he cars broke down on t he course and som e dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r cars t han i n them ! A f ew car s, however, pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y m il es an hourm uch f aster t han any of i t s ri val s. It sped downhi l at t he end of the race and i ts dri ver had a l ot of t r ouble tr ying to st o p i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was ver y dif f er ent fr om m oder n car r aces but no l ess excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m om ent , she f i nal y went i n and as ked t o se a dr ess t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dressed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he t old her t hat t he dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he assi st ant next day. She r eturned to the shop the foll owing mor ni ng dr essed i n a fur coat, wit h a handbag in one hand and a long um brel a i n t he ot her . Af ter seeki ng out t he r ude asistant she asked f or the same d ress. Not reali zing who she was, t he asi st ant was eager t o serve her thi s t ime wi th great dif fi cul ty, he cl im bed int o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr ess. As soon as she saw i t, t he woman sai d s many ti es.39。t have sai d t hat ,39。You needn39。 No,39。 No, 39。 No, 39。s f ather wi l set out wi th her in a sm al l boat. Mr Har t has tr ained hi s daught er for years. Tom or row he wil l be watching her anxiously as she swim s t he long distance t o England. Er na int ends to take short rest s every two hours. She wil l have som ething to dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Erna39。. Thi s wonderf ul plane can car y seven passenger s. The most surpr ising thi ng about it, however, is tha t it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi eld. Captai n Fawcet39。Pi latus Port er 39。clock in the morni ng. Erna i s onl y f our teen years old and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld r ecor d. She is a st rong swi mmer and many people feel that she i s sure to succeed. Er na39。s oper ation had been succesf ul and t he doct or tol d hi m that i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lbert woul d be al owed t o go hom e and t he doctor t old him t hat he would have to stay in hospit al for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil ingt on asked the ca l er i f he was a r elati ve of t he pati ent .39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I said to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。The Reveal er 39。t axi39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi r l was able to explain what had happened to her . One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st r uggl ed up t he cli f t owar ds t he l ight 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 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al l t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et t er f rom the l ocal pol ice. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an tol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ain. 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 bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t while ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was movi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 I said. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 l eson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t need,39。 I said. 39。dance39。 39。 my wi fe answered.39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 she answer ed. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 she answered. 39。 the pati ent answer ed,39。s school fr iends wi l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Among them wil l be Erna39。s f ir st pasenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi rm ingham t o a l onel y vi l age i n t he Wel sh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Captai n Fawcet has fl own passenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a bl ock of fl at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Capt ain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange r equest fr om a businesman. The m an wanted t o fl y t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At lanti