【正文】 r 39。 I said. 39。 39。 my wi fe answered.39。You needn39。t need,39。 We mustn39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 I sai d to m y wi fe. 39。 leson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed,39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oying her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, the hostes asked me t o sit next t o Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a lar ge, unsm il ing l ady i n a t ight black dress. She did not even look up when I t ook m y seat besi de her . Her eyes were fi xed on her plat e and i n a short t ime, she was busy eati ng. I tr ied t o make conver sat ion. 39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or told hi m that i t had been. He then a sked when Mr Gi lbert would be al lowed t o go home and t he doctor t old hi m t hat he would have t o stay i n hospit al for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked the cal er if he was a r el ati ve of t he pat ient. 39。Olym pi c Ci ty39。 ti me. As a great many people wil l be vi sit ing t he countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hot el s, an i mmense st adi um, and a fi ne new swim ming pool. 39。s school f r iends 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 r ecord. She is a st rong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 her m other a fr ee dress once a week ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Near ly a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ain what had happened to her. One af t er noon she set out fr om t he coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught in a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped int o the sea. Then she swam t o t he shor e aft er spendi ng t he whol e night in t he water. Dur i ng t hat im e she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next m orni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because t he l i ght was hi gh up on t he cli f s. On ar ri vi ng at t he shore, t he gi rl str uggl ed up the cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al l she r em embered. When she woke up a day lat er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ri ed al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f rom the l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o t he stati on yest er day and now he is not wor r ied any m or e. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol iceman t hat his bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t ol d hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up in a sm al l vi l age f our hundr ed m il es away. It i s now being sent t o his hom e by tr ai n. Ted was m ost sur pr ised when he hear d t he news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. I t was st olen t went y years ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft een ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dr ive a t axi . A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dr i ver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He is f indi ng hi s new wor k f ar m or e exci ti ng. When he was dr i vi ng al ong Catf ord St reet re cent ly, he saw t wo thi eves r ush out of a shop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag full of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and drove t he bus str ai ght at t he thi eves. The one wi th t he money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he t hi eves wer e t ryi ng t o get away i n t hei r car , Roy drove his bus i nt o t he back of it . Whil e t he bat ter ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The thieves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物 變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as they once were. The tempt at ion t o steal is gr eater t han ever bef ore especial ly i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y wat ched a wel l dresed woman who al ways went i nto a large stor e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there wer e f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman cam e in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tle ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensive dresses i n the shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then t he woman simpl y took t he par cel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, the detective f ound out t hat t he shopassi stant was her daught er . The gi r l39。s f ir st passenger was a doctor who f lew fr om Bi r mingham t o a l onely vil age in t he Wel sh mount ains. Si nce t hen, Captain Fawcet t has f lown passenger s to many unusual pl ace s. Once he l anded on t he roof of a block of fl ats and on anot her occasi on, he landed in a desert ed car park. Captain Fawcet has just ref used a str ange r equest fr om a businesman. The man wanted t o f ly t o Rockal l, a l onel y island i n the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ain Fawcet did not t ake hi m because the t ri p was t oo dangerous. Lesson30 Footbal l or pol o? 足球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a sm al l ri ver t hat cuts across the park near my hom e. I l ike sit ting by the Wayl e on fi ne aft er noons. It was war m l ast 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 t he bank and t her e wer e some people rowi ng on the r iver. Suddenl y, one of t he chil dr en kicked a bal ver y hard and i t went t owards a passi ng boat . Some 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