【正文】 th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr ight that hey dr opped the bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pi pe which was c over ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f ollow the movements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began to pl ay jazz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont inued to 39。And a wom an can39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or thi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em ent just bef ore i t began. One of the most handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Buil t in 1885, i t was the oldest car taki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent more ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, pleted t he race. The winning car reached a speed of for ty m il es an hourmuch faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil at the end of t he race and its dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was very di f erent fr om moder n car r aces but no less excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and asked to see a dr es t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her did not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he assistant next day. She r et urned t o the shop the f oll owi ng mor ning dr essed in a f ur coat , wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um brel a in the other . Af t er seeki ng out t he rude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dres. Not reali zing who she was, t he asist ant was eager to ser ve her t his ti me wi t h great di f icult y, he cl im bed i nto t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dress. As soon as she saw i t, t he woman sai d s many t ies. 39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when the machine showed that here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They fi nal ly f ound a smal l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful, 39。 I need not r emind you of that ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。t have sai d that, 39。 I r em ar ked 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 wit h holes i n it a nd wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop for hal f an hour and my wif e was sti l in fr ont of t he mir r or . 39。You needn39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 i f you at e more and t alked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 No,39。Wi l you be spending your hol idays abr oad thi s year ?39。 No, 39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 No, 39。. Worker 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 inished 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 bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al very excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for ward t o t he Olympi c Games because t hey have never been held befor e in this countr y. Lesson38 Everything 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 r anean for m any years befor e he ret urned to Engl and. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in Engl and and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost im mediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in Engla nd befor e. I n t he 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 t he house and left t he countr y. The dream 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 bert was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel hi m whet her his operat ion had been successf ul, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and aske