【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 in a short tim e, she was busy eati ng. I t ried t o make conversat ion. 39。 A new pl ay i s ing to The Gl obe soon,39。 I sai d. 39。Wil you be seing it ?39。 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad this year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。Wil l you be stayi ng i n Engl and?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 answered, 39。 i f you ate more and t al ked les, we would bot h enj oy our di nner !39。 l esson41 Do you cal t hat a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I said t o m y wi fe. 39。You needn39。t be so rude about it, 39。 m y wi fe answer ed as she l ooked at herself i n the m ir or. I sat down on one of t hose moder n chai rs wit h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n the hat shop for half an hour and m y wi fe was st il i n f r ont of the m ir ror. 39。 We m ustn39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。t need,39。 I remarked suddenl y. I regr et ted sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。You needn39。t have sai d t hat,39。 my wi fe answer ed.39。 I need not rem ind you of that ter ible ti e you bought yester day.39。 39。 I f ind it beaut if ul, 39。 I sai d. 39。A m an can never have too into t he cave hoping t o f ind bur ied t r easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng t he soi l near t he ent rance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed that t here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, the part y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal y f ound a smal gol d coi n which was alm ost wort hl 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 empt y t in tr unk. In spi te of t hi s, many people are conf ident that 39。The Reveal er39。 may reveal som et hi ng of val ue f air ly soon. Leson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is hel d for ol d cars. A lot of car s entered f or this r ace last year and ther e was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e it began. One of the m ost handsom e cars was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had onl y three wheel s. Built i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car taking part . Af ter a gr eat m any loud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he cars broke down on t he cour se and som e dr iver s spent m ore tim e under t heir car s t han i n t hem ! A few car s, however, pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y mi les an hour m uch fast er t han any of its r ival s. It sped downhi l at t he end of t he r ace and it s dr iver had a l ot of t r oubl e tr yi ng t o st op it . The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl eas ur e. It was very dif ferent f rom moder n car races but no l ess exci ti ng. Lesson57 Can Ihel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he window of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or amom ent, she fi nal y went in and as ked to se a dres t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her did not li ke t he way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he t ol d her that t he dres was sold. The wom an walked out of the shop angril y and decided t o punish the assi st ant next day. She r et ur ned to t he shop t he f ol owi ng m or ni ng dr essed in a f ur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other . Aft er seeki ng out t he r ude asi st ant she asked f or t he same dres. Not real izing who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s tim e wi th great dif icul t y, he clim bed into t he shop wi ndow to get t he dres. As soon as she saw it , t he woman said s many t ies.39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have too m any hat s,39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her. My wi fe was weari ng a hat that l ooked li ke a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk thr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Delhi, we stopped at a squar e to have a rest . Af ter a t ime, we noticed a snakecharmer with t wo large baskets at he other side of t he square, so we went to have a look at him. As oon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was cover ed wi th coi ns and onl y seven, but she al ways tels me whet her my pi ct ur es are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。m hanging this picture on the wal l,39。 I answered. 39。I t39。s a new one. Do you li ke i t ?39。 She looked at it crit ical ly f or a moment. 39。 I t39。s al ri ght, 39。 she sai d, 39。but i sn39。t it upside down ?39。 I l ooked at i t agai n. She was ri ght! I t was! Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜 Late i n the af ternoon, t he boys put up their tent in t he mi ddl e of a fi el d. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fi re. They were al hungry and t he f ood smel t good. Aft er awonder ful meal, they told st or ies and sang songs by the camp fi re. But some ti me later i t began to r ai n. The boys f el t ir ed so they pet out t he f ir e and cr ept into t heir tent. Their sl eping bags wer e warm and f or table, so they al slept soundly. In t he mi ddle of the ni ght, two boys woke up and began shout ing. The tent was f ul l of wat er ! They al l eapt out of thei r sleepi ngbags and hurr ied outside. I t was raining heavi ly and t hey found t hat a st ream had f or med i n the field. The stream wound it s way acr oss the field and then f lowed r ight under thei r t ent! Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車 Jasper Whit e is one of t hose rare people who beli eves i n anci ent myt hs. He has just bought a new house in t he cit y, but ever si nce he moved i n, he has had tr ouble wit h mot or ists. when he r et ur ns home at ni ght , he al ways fi nds that someone has parked a car outsi de his gate. Because of t hi s, he has not been able t o get hi s own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si