【正文】 to 39。And a woman 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 this r ace last year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef ore i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the cour se and some dr iver s spent more t ime under thei r car s than in them ! A few car s, however, pleted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourmuch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o stop i t. The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y di f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit ated f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and as ked to see a dress that was in the wi ndow. The assi st ant who served her did not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl ancing at her scornf ull y, he t old her that the dr ess was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided t o puni sh the asi st ant next day. She retur ned to t he shop t he fol lowi ng morni ng dresed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a long umbr el la i n t he ot her . Af ter seeking out the r ude assistant she asked for the same dr ess. Not r eal izi ng who she was, the assi stant was eager to serve her this time wi th gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed int o the shop wi ndow to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , the woman said s many ti es.39。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the pa rt y was examining t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y e xci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They f inal y found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par t 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 fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ible tie you bought yester day.39。t have said that,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed saying i t al most at once. 39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r ror. 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e mor e and talked l ess, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man,39。 No, 39。 Wil l you be stayi ng in England?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spending your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 No, 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a di nner part y, t he host ess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rumbol d was a l arge, unsmi li ng lady in a ti ght bl ack dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e f ixed on her pl ate and in a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I t ri ed to make conversati on. 39。 t he pat ient answered,39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor t ol d him t hat it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi l ber t woul d be al owed to go hom e and the doct or told him that he woul d have to st ay in hospi tal f or another two weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked t he cal ler if he was a relat ive of the pati ent .39。Ol ympic Cit y39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visi ting the count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hotels, an imm ense stadium, and a f ine new swi mmi ng pool . 39。s school f ri ends wi l l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Am ong t hem wi l be Er na39。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。 lesson46 Expensi ve and unfort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. I t suddenl y occur r ed t o one of t he wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pi l e of wool l en goods. He was so sur pr i sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even t r y t o r un away. Af t er he was ar r est ed, t he m an adm i t t ed hi di ng i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un f or t abl e t r i p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over 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 money was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now! 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been lost . Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher , had lost hi s wal et whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat he wal et m ust have been f oun