【正文】 m ay reveal somethi ng of value f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held for old cars. A lot of car s ent er ed for t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of exci teme nt just befor e it began. One of t he most handsome cars was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, it was t he oldest car taking part . Aft er a gr eat m any loud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent m or e t ime under their cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y di f f er ent f rom modern car races but no l ess e。A man can never have t oo int o t he cave hopi ng to fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The leader of the part y was examini ng 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, t he par ty dug a hol e 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 thoroughly but did not fi nd anyt hing exc ept an empty tin tr unk. I n spi te of t his, m any people ar e conf ident that 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。 I need not remi nd you of that ter ibl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。t have sai d that, 39。 I rem ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying it 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 chair s wit h holes in it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was stil l in fr ont of the m ir ror . 39。You needn39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 i f you ate mor e and tal ked l es, we would bot h enjoy our dinner ! 39。 Young m an, 39。 No, 39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng i n England?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abroad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 No,39。. Workers wil l have pleted t he new r oads by t he end of t his year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f inished work on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil di ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e l ooking for war d t o the Ol ympi c Games because t hey have never been held befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hing except the weather 惟獨沒 有 考慮到天氣 My old f r iend, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er ranean for many years befor e he ret ur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of ret ir ing i n England and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r et urned t han he bought a fi ne house a nd went t o l ive ther e. Al most i mm edi at ely he began to plai n about t he weat her , for even though it was sti l sum mer, i t r ained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Af ter so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived i n Engl and bef ore. In the end, i t was more than he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold the house and l ef t the countr y. The dr eam he had had f or so many year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except the weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gi lber t was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l him whether hi s oper ati on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de telephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi t al exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wi l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al 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. Leson37 The Ol ympic Games 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympi c Games wil l be hel d in our countr y in four year s39。s f ather wil l set out wit h he r in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as she swims the long di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wi l l not eat any sol id f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and both m en were ar rested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Har t is goi ng to swi m across the Engl ish Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f r om t he French coast at f ive o39。The Reveal er 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e t ime and r ead the carpet! 39。 she said. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a long li st of al t he f oods whi ch wer e f orbi dden. The l ist i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, pot at oes, r ice, beer , m il k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed to see that Herbert was sti l as fat as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l ar ge parcel under hi