【文章內容簡介】 ught a fi ne house and went to l ive t her e. Al most imm edi at ely he began to pl ai n about t he weat her , for even though it was s ti l summer, i t rained continual y and it was of ten bit ter ly cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l ived i n England bef ore. I n the end, i t was mor e than he coul d bear . He had hardly had t im e to set le down when he sol d the house and l eft the countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had thought of ever ything except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi l ber t was in hospi tal , he asked hi s doct or to t el him whether hi s oper ati 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 i f Mr Gi lbert 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gi lbert would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor t ol d him t hat he would have t o stay in hospit al f or anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil lingt on asked the cal er i f he was a r el ative of t he pat ient. 39。 No, 39。 the patient answer ed, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, the host es asked me to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat besi de her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a short ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon, 39。 I said. 39。Wil l you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你 把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 I sai d to my wi fe. 39。You needn39。t be so rude about i t,39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose modern chair s wi th holes i n it and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wi fe was sti l i n fr ont of t he mi r or . 39。 We m ust n39。t buy t hings we don39。t need, 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 my wi fe answered.39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful ,39。 I sai d. 39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o f ind buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng the soil near t he entr ance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al gold coin which was alm ost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thor oughly but did not f ind anythi ng except an empt y ti n t runk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e are confi dent that 39。The Reveal er39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed for t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em ent j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t in 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and som e dri ver s spent m or e tim e under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y m il es an hour much f aster 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 ryi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easure. It was ver y di f er ent fr om m oder n car r aces but no l ess excit i ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an in bl ue jeans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m oment , she f i nal y went in and as ked t o see a dress that was in t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ul l y, he t ol d her that he dress was sol d. The wom an walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided to puni sh t he asistant next day. She r etur ned t o the shop t he foll owing m orning dr esed in a fur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeki ng out the r ude assi stant she asked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h great dif fi cul ty, he clim bed into the shop window t o get the dres s. As soon as she saw it, t he woman sai d s m any t ies.39。 39。And a woman can39。t have too m any hat s, 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 the m arkets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we not iced a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at h