【正文】 A m an can never have t oo into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when the m achi ne showed that 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 inaly found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen s。 I f ind i t beauti ful ,39。 I need not r em ind you of that ter ri bl e t ie you bought yest erday.39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。t buy t hings we don39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or. I sat down on one of those modern chair s wi th holes i n it a nd wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wif e was sti l i n fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。You needn39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 if you ate m ore and t al ked les, we woul d both enjoy our dinner !39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil you be staying in 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 part y, t he hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbol d. Mrs Rumbol d was a l ar ge, unsmi ling lady 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 tim e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to make conversation. 39。 the pat ient 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 l ber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doct or told hi m that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a relati ve of the pati ent .39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 tim 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。cl ock i n t he morni ng. Er na is only fourt en years ol d and she hopes lo set up a new wor l d r ecor d. She i s a str ong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her mother a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o explain what had happened to her . One af ter noon she set out fr om the coast in a smal l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds evening, the boat str uck a rock and t he gi rl j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il es. Earl y next m orni 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 worr i ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et t er he was asked t o cal at he stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o t he st at ion yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m or e. At t he st at i on, he was tol d by a sm il i ng poli cem an that hi s bi cycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he pol i ceman t ol d him , the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil l age f our hundred mi l es away. It i s now bei ng sent t o his home by t r ai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expected t he bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new work f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wai ting car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hieves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr ying t o get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and tel ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 Peopl e are not so honest as they once wer e. The t emptati on to st eal i s greater than ever befor e especi aly in l arge shops. A detecti ve recent ly watched a wel dr essed woman who always went int o a l ar ge st ore on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e were fewer peopl e in t he shop t han usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o watch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chos e one of t he most expensi ve dr eses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wr apped i t up for her as quickly as possi ble. Then the woman sim ply t ook the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wi thout paying. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asistant was her daughter. The gir l39。s fi rst passenger was a doct or who fl ew f rom Bir mi ngham to a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mountains. Sinc e then, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f lown passengers t o many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a block of f lats and on another occasi on, he l anded i n a deser ted car par k. Captai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st range request f rom a busi nessm an. The man wa nt ed to f ly to Rockal , a lonel y