【正文】 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par t y, t he host ess asked m e t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mr s Rum bol d was a l arge, unsmil i ng l ady i n a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and i n a shor t tim e, she was busy eat ing. I t r ied t o make conversati on. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed,39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t ol d hi m that i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l bert woul d be al owed to go hom e and t he doct or t ol d hi m t hat he woul d have to st ay i n hospi t al f or another t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal l er i f he was a r el at ive of t he pati ent .39。Ol ym pi c Cit y39。 ti me. As a gr eat m any peopl e wi l be visit i ng t he count r y, t he government wil l be bui l di ng new hotels, an imm ense st adi um, and a f i ne new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s school fr i ends wi l be wait i ng f or her on t he Engl i sh coast . Among t hem wil l be Er na39。cl ock i n t he mor ni ng. Er na is onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d r ecor d. She i s a st r ong swim mer and many peopl e f el t hat she i s sur e t o succeed. Er na39。 her m ot her a fr ee dr ess once a wek ! l esson33 O ut of t he darkness 沖出黑 暗 Nearl y a week passed bef or e t he gi rl was able t o expl ai n what had happened t o her. One af ter noon she set out fr om t he coast in a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st or m. Towar ds eveni ng, t he boat str uck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he 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 t im e she covered a di st ance of eight m il 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 shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f t owards t he l i ght she had seen. That was al she r em em ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er, she f ound hersel f i n hospit al . Leson34 Q uick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been worr ied al t he week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st ati on. Ted wondered why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st ati on yest er day and now he i s not wor ri ed any m ore. At t he st ati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli cem an t hat hi s bicycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him , t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was am used too, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if t en ! Lesson35 St op t hi ef ! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used t o dri ve a t axi . A shor t whil e ago, however , he became a bus dr iver and he was not r egr et t ed i t. He i s f i ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ing. When he was dri vi ng al ong Cat f or d Str eet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hieves r ush out of a s hop and r un towar ds a wai ti ng car . One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag f ul of m oney. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus st rai ght at the t hi eves. The one wit h t he m oney got such a fr i ght t hat he dropped the bag. As the t hi eves wer e tr yi ng t o get away in t hei r car , Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi l e t he bat t er ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy st opped his bus and t el ephoned t he poli ce. The t hi eves39。s bi cycl e! Lesson32 Shoppi ng m ade easy 購物變得很方便 People ar e not so honest as t hey once wer e. The t em pt ati on to st eal is gr eat er t han ever bef or eespeci al l y i n l arge shops. A det ecti ve r ecent l y wat ched a wel dr essed wom an who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge stor e on Monday mor ni ngs. One Monday, there wer e f ewer peopl e i n t he shop t han usual when t he woman cam e i n, so i t was easier f or t he det ect ive t o wat ch her. The wom an fi rst bought a f ew sm al ar ti cl es. Af t er a l it tl e tim e, she chose one of t he m ost expensi ve dr esses i n t he shop and handed i t o an assi st ant who wr apped it up f or her as quickly as possi bl e. Then t he woman sim pl y t ook t he par cel and wal ked out of the shop wit hout paying. When she was ar r est ed, t he detecti ve f ound out t hat t he shop assistant was her daught er. The gir l39。The Revealer39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 m y wif e answer ed.39。You needn39。t need, 39。 We m ust n39。t be so r ude about it ,39。 I sai d t o m y wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you call t hat a hat ? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed,39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。Wi l you be seei ng it ?39。 A new play i s ing t o The Gl obe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。 No,39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wil l have f i ni shed wor k on t he new st adi um . The fi ne modern buil di ngs have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef ore he r et ur ned t o England. He had of t en 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 ret ur ned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve t here. Alm ost im mediat el y he began t o pl ai n about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il su