【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 t terl y cold. Aft er so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l i ved i n Engl and bef or e. I n the end, i t was mor e than he coul d bear . He had ha rdl y had t im e t o set l e down when he sol d t he house and l eft t he countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t here. Har ison had thought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her. Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was i n hospit al , he asked his doctor t o tel him whet her his oper at ion had been successful, but t he doctor r ef used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t elephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer t ai n pat i ent, a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。s oper at i on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old him t hat 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 doct or tol d hi m that he woul d have t o st ay in hospi t al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l i ngt on asked t he cal er i f he was a r el ati ve of t he pat i ent. 39。 No, 39。 t he pati ent answer ed, 39。 I am Mr John Gi l bert .39。 Leson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked m e t o si t next t o Mr s Rum bold. Mr s Rumbol d was a lar ge, unsm il ng l ady i n a t i ght black dress. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat i ng. I tr i ed t o m ake conver sat ion. 39。 A new pl ay is i ng t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 I sai d. 39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol i days abroad t hi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answer ed. 39。 Wi l you be staying i n England?39。 I asked. 39。 No, 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young m an,39。 she answer ed,39。 i f you at e m or e and tal ked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I said t o m y wif e. 39。You needn39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 m y wi f e answer ed as she l ooked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。 We m ust n39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need,39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat, 39。 m y wi fe answered.39。 I need not r emi nd you of t hat ter i bl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful, 39。 I sai d. 39。A man can never have too i nt o t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng t he soil near t he ent r ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pty t i n t r unk. I n spi te of t hi s, m any people ar e conf ident t hat 39。The Revealer39。 m ay reveal som ethi ng of val ue f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old 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 gr eat deal of exci tement j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Si l ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz which had onl y t hree wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car taki ng part . Aft er a great m any l oud expl osi ons, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and s om e dri ver s spent m or e t im e under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew car s, however, plet ed t he r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of f or ty m il es an hourm uch fast er t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of t roubl e t r yi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easur e. It was ver y di f fer ent fr om m oder n car races but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and as ked to see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her did not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。I am a for ei gner ,39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。You39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。t understand them ! Do t he y speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。about 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。about39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate moder n pict ur es bet ter t han anyone el se. They not i ce