【正文】 I sai d. 39。 39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need, 39。 We must n39。t be so rude about i t, 39。 I sai d t o my wi f e. 39。 lesson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed,39。 she answer ed. In despai r, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 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 Rumbol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a tight black dress. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat besi de 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 m ake conver sat ion. 39。 the pati ent answer ed,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 weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 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。s school f ri ends wi l l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。clock in the mor ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d rec ord. She is a st rong swi mmer and many people feel that she i s sur e to succeed. Erna39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased before the gir l was abl e to expl ai 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 stor m. Towards eveni ng, t he boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. Then she swam t o t he shore af ter spending the whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat t ime she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the l ight was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar ri vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he clif f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al l she r em ember ed. When she woke up a day l ater, she found herself in hospit al. Lesson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor r ied al t he wek. Last Tuesday he r eceived a l et er f rom the l ocal police. In the let ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ation. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol ice, but he went to the stati on yest er day and now he is not worr i ed any mor e. At the st at i on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli ceman t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Five days ago, the pol iceman tol d him, t he bicycl e was picked up in a smal l vil lage four hundr ed mi les away. I t is now being sent to hi s home by tr ain. Ted was most surpr ised when he hear d t he news. He was amused t oo, becaus e he never expect ed the bicycle t o be f ound. It was stol en twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Leson35 St op t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used to dr ive a t axi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et ed it. He is f inding hi s new wor k far mor e exci ti ng. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf ord St reet recent ly, he saw two thi eves rush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wait ng car . One of them was car ryi ng a bag full of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove the bus str aight at t he thieves. The one wi th t he money got such a f ri ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hieves wer e t rying to get away in t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whi le t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy st opped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s bi cycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The temptat ion t o steal i s greater than ever bef or e especial y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel dr esed woman who al ways went i nt o a l arge stor e on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t here wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman fi r st bought a f ew smal art icl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the most expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply took the par cel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat the shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who fl ew fr om Bir mingham t o a l onel y vil lage in the Wel sh mount ains. Si nce then, Captai n Fawcet t has f lown passenger s t o many unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he l anded in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange request fr om a businessm an. The ma n wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At l ant ic Ocean, but Captain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because t he tr ip was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle i s a sm al ri ver t hat cuts across the par k near my hom e. I l ike sit ti ng by the Wayl e on f ine aft ernoons. It was war m last Sunday, so I went and sat on the r iver bank as usual . Som e chi ldr en were pl ayi ng gam es on the bank and there wer e som e peopl e rowi ng on the r iver . Suddenl y, one of t he chi ldren ki cked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Som e people on the bank cal led out to t he man i n the boat, but he di d not hear them. The bal str uck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el int o the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldr en, but t