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gs? until they were rescued by a passing tanker. Lesson 13 ?It?s only me? “是我別害怕” Mrs. Richards had dressed up as a ghost and was just going into the dining room when there was a knock on the door. Thinking it was the baker, she hid in the storeroom under the stairs. She heard footsteps in the hall and then the man from the Electricity Board opened the storeroom door. Though she said ?It39。s only me?, he got a bad fright. When she walked towards him, he fled, slamming the front door behind him. Lesson 14 A noble gangster 貴族歹徒 After Sir John Hawkwood settled near Florence six hundred years ago, he hired soldiers to the princes of citystates in times of war. In times of peace he threatened to destroy a citystate unless protection money was paid. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. Sir John was eighty when he died and the Florentines not only gave him a state funeral but had a picture painted of him, dedicated to his memory.Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 五十便士的麻煩 George was going to the sweet shop when he lost fifty pence down a drain. After removing his jacket, he put his arm through the drain cover. He couldn39。t find his money and couldn39。t get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter. She failed to free him, but two firemen succeeded with a special type of grease. The sweet shop owner presented George with a large box of chocolates. Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb 瑪麗有一頭小羔羊 When Dimitri came home, Mary told him that her white lamb had been stolen. On learning that his neighbour, Aleko, had acquired a lamb, Dimitri went to Aleko39。s house and accused him of stealing it. When Aleko showed his lamb, Dimitri saw it was black, so he apologized. After staying in Aleko39。s house for a while because it had begun to rain, Dimitri got a surprise outside when he found the lamb was almost white. It had been dyed black! (80 words) Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world 世界上最長的吊橋 The Verrazano Bridge, which joins Brooklyn to Staten Island, has a span of 4,260 feet. Its two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on platforms made of steel and concrete, extending over 100 feet under the sea and rising nearly 700 feet above the surface of the water. The bridge is suspended from four huge cables, each of which contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It is not only very strong, but simple and elegant as well. (80 words)Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)中的電流 On entering the art gallery, the writer saw a notice which forbade people to touch the exhibits because they were dangerous. The exhibition consisted of pieces of moving a wall, the writer saw long thin wires attached to metal spheres which attracted and repelled each other. In the centre of the hall were tall structures containing colouredlights which w