【正文】 The Revealer39。 39。You needn39。 We must n39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 she answered,39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par t y, t he hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dr ess. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside 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 make conver sat i on. 39。s oper at ion had been success ful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d have to stay i n hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pa ti ent .39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tem pt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n l ar ge shops. A detective r ecent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went into a large st or e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there were f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman came in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af te r a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, the detective f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gi r l39。Pi l at us Por ter39。dance39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 m y wi f e answered.39。t need,39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你 把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 t he pat i ent answer ed,39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。s school f ri ends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on t he Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l eson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near l y a week passed bef ore t he gi rl was abl e to explai n what had happened t o her . One aft ernoon she set out f r om t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a st orm . Towards eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n t he wat er . Duri ng t hat tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear l y next mor ni ng, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if f s. On ar ri vi ng at the shore, the gir l st r uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she remembered. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f in hospit al . Lesson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old him , t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o hi s hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Leson35 Stop t hief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trent on used t o dr i ve a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri ving al ong Cat f or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi e ves. The one wi t h the m oney got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away i n t heir car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat ered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and t elephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f r om Bir mi ngham to a lonel y vil l age i n t he Welsh m ountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passengers t o m any unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. The m an want ed t o fl y t o Rockal , a lonel y i sl and in t he Atl ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake him because t he tr i p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot bal l or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e i s a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts acr oss t he par k near m y hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by t he Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he r i ver bank as usual . Som e chil dr en wer e pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e r owi ng on t he ri ver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi l dr en ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owar ds a pasi ng boat. Some peop