【正文】 if ul ,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wi th coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very m uch surpr ised when the snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。. This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri sing 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 Fawcet39。s f ather wil l set out wi t h her i n a smal boat. Mr Har t has t rai ned hi s daughter f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l be wa t chi ng her anxiously as she swi ms t he long dist ance t o Engl and. Er na i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 No,39。 No, 39。 No,39。You needn39。t have said t hat ,39。 m ay r eveal som et hing 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 held f or ol d cars. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em e nt j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsome cars was a Rol l s Royce Si lver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t heir cars t han i n t hem ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of plea。 I need not r emind you of t hat t er ri ble t ie you bought yesterday.39。 m y wi fe answered as she looked at herself in the mi r ror. I sat down on one of t hose moder n chai rs wi th hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop for half an hour and my wi fe was st il l i n f ront of the mi r or. 39。 Young man,39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happened. He cal led out to t he chi ldr en and t hrew the bal back to t he bank. Lesson31 Succes story 成功者的故事 Yesterday af ternoon Fr ank Hawki ns was tel ing m e about his exper iences as a young man. Frank i s now the head of a ver y l ar ge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work i n a smal shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at that ti me he used to wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e part s for aer oplanes. At tha t ti me he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, the smal l wor kshop had bee a l arge f act ory whi ch employed seven hundr ed and twenty eight people. Frank smi led when he r em em ber ed his hard ear ly years and the l ong road t o succes. He was sti l smil ing when t he door opened and hi s wif e came i n. She wanted hi m t o r epair t hei r son39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t i r ed so t hey pet out the f ir e and cr ept i nto t hei r tent. Their sleepingbags were war m and f ort abl e, so t hey al l sl ept soundl y. I n t he middle of t he night, t wo boys woke up and began shout ing. The t ent was f ull of water ! They al l leapt out of their sleepi ngbags and hur ri ed out si de. I t was raini ng heavil y and they f ound that a st ream had f orm ed in t he fi el d. The st ream wound i ts way acr oss t he fi el d and then f lowed r ight under thei r tent! Leson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of those r ar e peopl e who beli eves in ancient myt hs. He has just bought a new house i n t he ci ty, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wi th motor ists. when he retur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds t hat someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of thi s, he has not been abl e to get his own car i nto hi s gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning 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 ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 I remarked suddenly. I r egr et ted saying i t al most at once. 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。. Wor ker s wi l ha ve pl eted the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed by Kurt Gunt er .