【正文】 may r eveal somethi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is held for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Si lver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y m il es an hour m uch f aster t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he r ace and it s dri ver 。A man can never have too i nt o t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of the par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when t he machine showed t hat her e was gold under the gr ound. Very exc it ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hles. The par t y then sea r ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spite of t his, many people ar e confi dent that 39。 I f ind i t beautif 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 r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it almost at once. 39。t buy t hings we don39。 my wi fe answered as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mir r or . 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 sti l in fr ont of t he mir ror . 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e mor e and talked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man, 39。 No, 39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 No,39。Wi l you be spending your holi days abroad thi s year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 A new pl ay is ing t o The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gil bert .39。 No, 39。. Wor ker s wil l have plet ed the new r oads by t he end of t his year. By t he end of next year , t hey wil l have f ini shed wor k on the new st adi um. The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wi l be watching anxiously as t he new buil di ngs go up. We are al very exci ted and are l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because they have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or many years befor e he r et urned to Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir ing i n England and had planned t o setl e down i n the countr y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a f i ne house and went to l ive t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began to pl ain about t he weather, f or even though it was sti l summer , i t rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many year s of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n the end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d the house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operati on had been successf ul, but the doct or ref used t o do so. The f ollowi ng day, t he pat ient asked for a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked for Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi lber t said he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked if Mr Gi lbert 39。They wil l also be buildi ng new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。s m ot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The O l ym pi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動會 The Olympi c Games wi l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。s father wi l set out wit h her in a sm al l boat . Mr Hart has tr ained his daught er f or year s. Tomor row he wil l be watching her anxi ously as she swim s the l ong di stance t o England. Erna i nt ends t o t ake short r ests every two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。 car was badl y damaged and easy to recogni ze. Shor tl y aft erwar ds, t he pol ice stopped the car and both men were ar rested. Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s goi ng to swi m acr oss t he Engl ish Channel t om orr ow. She i s going t o set out fr om t he French coast at f ive o39。 gave39。t need bookcases at al l . You can si t her e i n your spar e t i m e and r ead t he c ar pet ! 39。 she sa i d. She gazed at i t f or som e t i m e t hen added, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has always been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly that he decided t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrot e out a long li st of al t he foods which wer e f or bidden. The l ist included most of t he thi ngs Her ber t loves: butt er, potatoes, r ice, beer , m il k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d him a visi t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed t o 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 par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk.