【正文】 t was st olen twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 St op thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a taxi. A shor t while ago, however , he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted i t. He i s fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar more excit ing. When he was dri ving along Cat for d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car . One of t hem was car ying a bag f ul l of money. Roy acted quickly and dr ove the bus st rai ght at the t hi e ves. The one wit h the m oney got such a fr ight that he dr opped t he bag. As t he thi eves were tr yi ng to get away i n their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus into the back of i t. Whil e the bat er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The t hi eves 39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shoppi ng 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 greater t han ever bef ore especial y i n lar ge shops. A det ect ive r ecentl y watched a wel l dr esed woman who al ways went i nto a l arge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n the shop than usual when the wom an cam e in, so it was easi er f or the detecti ve to wat ch her . The woman f ir st bought a f ew smal ar ti cl es. Af ter a li t le t im e, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve dresses i n the shop and handed it t o an asist ant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possibl e. Then the woman si mply took t he par cel and walked out of t he shop wi t hout payi ng. When she was ar rested, t he det ect ive f ound out t hat t he shopassi st ant was her daughter . The gi rl 39。dance39。t have too m any hats,39。 may r eve al som et hi ng of val ue fai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er than s ound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of cars enter ed f or t hi s race last year and there was a gr eat deal of excit em e nt j ust bef or e i t began. One of the m ost handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr e wheels. Buil t i n 1885, i t was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud expl osions, t he r ace began. Many of t he cars br oke down on t he course and som e dri ver s spent mor e tim e under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of for ty m il es an hourm uch fast er than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil at t he end of t he race and i t s dr i ver had a l ot of tr oubl e t ryi ng t o st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was ver y di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit ated f or a m oment, she fi nal ly went i n and as ked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not li ke t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ull y, he t old her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o puni sh t he assi st ant next day. She r et ur ned t o t he shop t he f ol l owi ng m or ni ng dr essed i n a f ur coat, wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el a i n t he ot her. Af t er seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dr es. Not r eali zi ng who she was, t he asist ant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s ti me wi t h great di f i cult y, he cl im bed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dress. As soon as she saw i t, t he wom an sai d s many ti es. 39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exam i ni ng t he soil near t he ent r ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that here was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n t runk. I n spit e of t his, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not remi nd you of that er i bl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。t have sai d that,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed sayi ng i t al most at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chair s wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop f or half an hour and m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of the mi r or. 39。You needn39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 i f you ate m or e and t al ked l es, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。 Young man,39。 No, 39。 Wi l you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No,39。Wil l you be spendi ng your holi days abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be seei ng i t ?39。 A new pl ay is i ng to The Gl obe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 No,39。. Wor ker s wil l have pl et ed the new r oads by t he end of thi s year. By the end of next year , t hey wi l have fi ni shed work on t he new stadi um. The f i ne m oder n bui l di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er. Ever ybody wil l be watchi ng anxi ously as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We are al ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Gam es because t hey have never been hel d bef or e i n t hi s count r y. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n t he Medit er r anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir i ng i n Engl and and had planned t o set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o plai n about t he weat her, f or even t hough i