【正文】 i um , and a fi ne new swi mming pool. 39。 I asked. 39。 We must n39。t have too m any hat s, 39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 39。 she answered,39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hos tess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rumbol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a tight black dress. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat besi de her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to m ake conver sat i on. 39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is greater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when the wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ticl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。The Revealer39。 I sai d t o my wi f e. 39。 39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 ....................... 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。 ....................... 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。 ............... 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。 .......................... 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。 ...................... 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。 第 8 章 項(xiàng)目投資估算與資金籌措 ............ 錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書簽。. 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。 No,39。 No,39。t have said t hat ,39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e . I t is one of the ugl iest f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what it was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been t urned t o st one yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽車！ Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way li ne. The Games wi l be held just out si de the capi tal and the whol e ar ea wi l be cal led 39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。. Wor ker s wi l have 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 . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci te d and are looking f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Har ison had thought of everythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel hi m whether his oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。 I need not r emind you of t hat t er ri ble t ie you bought yesterday.39。 Young man,39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。t any in si ght : they had al l run away! The man l aughed when he reali zed what had happene d. 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 that 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