【正文】 No, 39。 Wil l you be stayi ng in England?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spending your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 No, 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson40 Food and tal k 進餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rumbol d was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady in a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and in a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I t ri ed to make conversati on. 39。 t he pat ient answered,39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor t ol d him t hat 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 him that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal f or another two weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal ler if he was a relat ive of the pati ent .39。Ol ympic Cit y39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visi ting 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。s school f ri ends wi l l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and unfort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed that he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over 新新 化化 縣縣 馬馬 鞍鞍 山山 煤煤 礦礦 廉廉 租租 住住 房房 工工 程程 項項 目目 可可 行行 性性 研研 究究 報報 告告 二二 ○○ 一一 ○○ 年年 六六 月月 十十 八八 日日 t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the 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 dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note s aid:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now! 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been lost . Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher , had lost hi s wal et whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound his wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it contained half the m oney he ha d l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng lat er , 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f erence bet ween Indian musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Amer ican explorer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y f lew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains t hat lay below, t hey soon r an into ser ious tr oubl e. At one point , it semed cert ain t hat t hei r pl ane would cr ash. It c oul d only get over t he mountains i f i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The pla ne was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more mount ains in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi th t he bag i n t hei r possession, bot h men star ted r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Ster ling got so angr y t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breath, but she cont inued to run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that they had sat down and wer e goi ng thr ough the cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st raight at them. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten minutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other side of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was covered wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fi rst gli mpse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of the pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pr ised when t he snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued