【正文】 may reveal something of value f ai r l y soon. Leson56 Fast er than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of cars enter ed for thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef ore it began. One of the most handsome car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winning car r eached a speed of for ty m il es an hourmuch faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e t rying t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was very di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was examining t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They f inal y found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empty t in tr unk. In spi te of t hi s, many people ar e conf ident t hat 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ible tie you bought yester day.39。t have said t hat,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed saying i t al most at once. 39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r or. 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 No,39。Wi l you be spe nding your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。 No, 39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 No, 39。. Workers wi l have pleted t he new roads by the end of t hi s year . By the end of next yea r, they wi l have fi nished work on the new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er. Ever ybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey have never been hel d before in t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had lived i n the Medi ter ranean for many year s before he retur ned to England. He had oft en dreamed of reti ri ng in Engl and and had pl anned to set tle down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most i mmediat el y he began t o plai n about the weather , f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ained cont inualy and it was oft en bit erl y cold. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He act ed as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef or e. In t he end, i t was m ore t han he could bear . He had har dly had t ime t o setl e down when he sold t he house and lef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weather. Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doctor t o tel l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been successful , but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。They wil l also be buildi ng new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wi l l be cal ed 39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Lesson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。s f at her wi l l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained hi s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be wat chi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to take shor t r est s ever y t wo hour s. She wi l l have som ething t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。 car was badly damaged and easy to recogni ze. Short ly af terwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and bot h men wer e ar est ed. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s going t o swi m acr oss t he English Channel t omorr ow. She is going t o set out fr om the French coast at fi ve o39。 gave39。t any i n sight: t hey had al r un away! The man laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dren and thr ew t he bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day aft er noon Frank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s exper iences as a young man. Fr ank is now the head of a ver y l arge busi ness pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal l shop. I t was his j ob to r epai r bicycl es and at t hat ti me he used to work f ourt en hours a day. He saved m oney f or year s and i n 1938 he bought a smal wor kshop of hi s own. Duri ng the war Fr ank used to make spare par ts f or aer opl anes. At that im e he had two hel per s. By the end of the war , t he smal wor k shop had be e a l ar ge f