【正文】 may r eveal som et hing of val ue fai rl 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 lot of car s entered f or thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em ent just bef ore it began. One of the most handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t in 1885, i t was the oldest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent more ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, pleted t he race. The winning car reached 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 the end of t he race and its dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying 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 moder n car r aces but no less excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. T。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to fi nd bur ied t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exam ining the soil near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the ground. Very excit ed, the par ty dug a hole two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a smal l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par ty then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f ind anythi ng except an empt y t in t runk. In spit e of thi s, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yester day. 39。t have said that, 39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying i t almost at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 my wi f e answered as she looked at her self i n t he mir ror . I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wi f e was st il l in f r ont of the m ir ror . 39。You needn39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 i f you ate mor e and talked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our dinner ! 39。 Young m an, 39。 No, 39。 Wil you be staying i n England?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dress. 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, s he was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to make conversat ion. 39。 the pati ent answered,39。s oper at ion had been successful 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 weks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 t im e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 her mother a f ree dress once a week ! l eson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi r l was able to explain what had happened to her . One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast in a smal boat and was caught in a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gir l j umped int o the sea. Then she swam t o the shore af ter spending t he whol e night in the water . Duri ng that ti me she covered a di st ance of eight mi les. Ear ly next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em em bered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck 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 t er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. In t he l et er he was asked t o cal at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went t o t he st ati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any m or e. At he stati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol i ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he poli cem an t ol d him, t he bi cycl e was picked up i n a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. I t i s now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by tr ain. Te d 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 stol en t wenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ted i t. He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf ord Str et recent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus st raight at he thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car , Roy drove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le t he bat ter ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he police. The thi eves39。s bi cycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變