【正文】 upside down ?39。 she sai d, 39。 I t39。s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 I answered. 39。 I 39。 What are you doing ?39。about39。about 39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif f er ent l anguage. The Engli sh underst and each other, but I don39。You39。I am a for eigner ,39。 lesson25 Do the Engl ish speak English? 英國人講的是 英語嗎？ I ar ived in London at last. The r ai lway st at ion was bi g, bl ack and dark. I did not know t he way to m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engl ish ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel . The por ter, however , coul d not understand me。 I said t o the m anager, 39。 she sai d. 39。I found t hi s outside t hi s gent leman39。 he sai d. He st art ed to plai n about thi s wicked wor ld but was int er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gir l came in and put an envelope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。Ever yone39。s not there now. 39。 I said, 39。50 and I fel t ver y upset. 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par t y, t he hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dr ess. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake had a l et ter fr om m y sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We ar e now l iving in a beauti ful new house i n the countr y. Work on it had begun befor e my si st er l eft . The house was pleted f ive mont hs ago. In my l et ter , I t old her that she could st ay wit h us. The house has m any l arge r oom s and there i s a lovely gar den. It i s a very m oder n house, so it looks str ange t o som e people. I t m ust be t he onl y modern house in t he distr ict . Lesson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I ent er ed the hot el manager 39。 the pati ent answered,39。s oper at ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lber t woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or told hi m that he woul d ha ve to stay i n hospi tal for another two weeks. Then Dr Mi li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。Ol ym pi c Ci ty39。 tim e. As a great many people wil l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he gover nm ent wi l be buil ding new hotel s, an i mmense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish coast . Am ong them wil l be Erna39。clock i n the m or ning. Erna i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swi mmer and many peopl e feel that she i s sur e to succed. Erna39。 her mot her a f r e dr es once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darknes 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a week pased bef ore the gir l was abl e to expl ai n what had happened t o her. One aft ernoon she set out f rom the coast i n a smal boat and was caught i n a stor m. Towar ds eveni ng, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l jumped i nto t he sea. The n she swam t o t he shore af ter spending t he whole ni ght i n the wat er. Dur ing t hat ti me she cover ed a distance of ei ght m il es. Earl y next mor ning, she saw a l ight ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because the li ght was hi gh up on t he cl if fs. On ar i vi ng at the shor e, t he gir l st ruggled up t he cl if f towar ds the l ight she had sen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she found herself i n hospi t al . Leson34 Qui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he recei ved a let er f r om t he local poli ce. I n the l eter he was asked t o cal at the stati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by the poli ce, but he went t o the stat ion yest erday and now he i s not wor ri ed any more. At the st at ion, he was told by a smil ing poli cem an that hi s bicycle had been found. Fi ve days ago, t he policeman t ol d hi m, the bicycle was pi cked up i n a smal vil lage f our hundred mi les away. It is now bei ng sent to his home by t rai n. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bi cycl e to be f ound. I t was st ol en twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of fi ft en ! Lesson35 Stop thi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dri ve a taxi. A shor t whi le ago, however , he became a bus dri ver and he was not regret ted it . 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 et r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car ryi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and drove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi th the money got such a f ri ght t hat he dr opped t he bag. As t he thieves were t ryi ng to get away in their car, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was movi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he poli ce. The thi eves39。s bicycl e! Lesson32 Shopping m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once were. The tem pt ation to steal is gr eat er t han ever bef oreespecial ly i n l ar ge shops. A detective r ecent ly wat ched a wel l dressed wom an who always went into a large st or e on Monday mor nings. One Monday, there were f ewer people i n the shop than usual when t he woman came in, so it was easi er for the detecti ve to watch her. The woman f ir st bought a few smal l ar ti cl es. Af ter a l it tl e ti me, she chose one of the m ost expensi ve 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 posibl 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 s