【正文】 The Reveal er 39。 39。You needn39。 We mustn39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 she answer ed, 39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, the host es asked me t o si t next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a lar ge, unsm il ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dres. She did not even look 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 eating. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doctor t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then asked when Mr Gil ber t would be a l lowed to go hom e 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。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing the count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hotels, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt een years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor ld recor d. She is a str ong swi mm er and m any people f el t hat she is sure t o succeed. Er na39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast f i r em en have put out a bi g f or est f i r e m ost expensi ve dr eses i n t he shop and handed i t to an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er . The gir l39。Thi s i s t he pr et t i est car pet I have ever seen, 39。We ar e going back now, 39。 I sai d. 39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。 I s this Woodfor d Gr en ?39。 You39。 39。m goi ng to Woodfor d Gr en,39。 230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f r om t he bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by chai r s and t he fur nit ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossible f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my teet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。s money was pai d back i n thi s way. The l ast note said: 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief !39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat that looked l ike a light house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the mar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square to have a r est. Af ter a t ime, we not iced a snakecharmer wi th two l arge baskets at t he ot her si de of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe whi ch was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl impse of the snake. I t r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the movements of t he pi pe. We were ver y m uch sur pr ised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued t o 39。 may r eveal somethi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is held for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Si lver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, howeve r, 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 m uch f aster t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble t r yi ng to st op it. 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 aces but no l ess exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue jeans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m om ent , she f i nal y went i n and as ked t o see a dr ess t hat was in 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 nf ul l y, he t ol d her that the dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri l y and decided t o puni sh t he assi stant next day. She r et urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ning dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, the wom an sai d s many ti es. 39。 I f ind i t beautif ul, 39。t have sai d that,