【正文】 li ght she had seen. That was al she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she f ound hersel f in hospi tal. Les on34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ried al l the wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he stati on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he stati on yester day and now he i s not wor ied any more. At t he stati on, he was t ol d by a sm il ing poli ceman that his bi cycle had been f ound. Five days ago, t he pol iceman told him, t he bicycle was pi cked up i n a sm al l vi l age four hundred m il es away. It is now being sent t o hi s hom e by t rai n. Ted was m ost surpri sed when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bi cycl e t o be f ound. I t was st ol en t went y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 Stop t hi ef! 捉賊！ Rov Tr ent on used to dri ve a t axi. A short whil e ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egr et ed i t. He is fi ndi ng his new wor k far m or e exci ti ng. When he was dri vi ng along Catf or d Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo thieves rush out of a shop and r un t owards a wait ing car. One of t hem was car yi ng a bag f ul l of money. Roy act ed qui ckl y and dr ove t he bus str ai ght at t he t hi eves. The one wi th the money got such a fr ight that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were tr ying to get away in t heir car , Roy drove his bus i nto the back of i t. While t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The thieves39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detec ti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr es ses in the shop and handed i t o an asistant who wrapped it up f or her as quickly as possible. Then the woman si mpl y took the parcel and walked out of the shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, t he detect ive found out that he shopasistant was her daughter. The gir l39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。The st r ap needs m endi ng, 39。dance39。t have too many hats,39。 may reveal somet hi ng of value fair ly soon. Leson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A lot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s race l ast year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef or e it began. One of the most handsome car s was a Rolls Royce Sil ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only t hr e wheels. Bui lt in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aking par t. After a gr eat many loud explosi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he cars br oke down on t he course and some dri ver s pent mor e time under thei r cars than in them ! A few cars, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of f orty mi les an hour much fast er than any of i ts ri vals. It sped downhi l at the end of the race and i ts driver had a lot of tr ouble tr yi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave everyone agr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very dif ferent f rom modern car aces but no l ess exci ting. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A woman in blue jeans st ood at he wi ndow of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a moment , she f inal ly went in and as ked to see a dr ess that was i n the window. The asist ant who served her did not l ike the way she was dr essed. Gl ancing at her scornfull y, he told her that he dr ess was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angri ly and deci ded to puni sh the asistant next da y. She r et ur ned t o the shop t he f ol lowing morning dr essed in a f ur coat, wit h a handbag in one hand and a l ong umbr el la i n the ot her. Aft er seki ng out t he r ude asistant she asked f or t he same dr ess. Not r eali zing who she was, the assi stant was eager to se rve her this ti me with great dif fi cult y, he cli mbed i nt o the shop wi ndow to get he dress. As soon as she saw i t, the woman said s many ties. 39。A man can never have too into the cave hoping to f ind buri ed t reasure. The leader of the part y was examini ng t he soi l near the ent rance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y excited, t he par ty dug a hole two f et deep. They fi nal y found a smal l gold coi n whi ch was al most wor thles. The par ty t hen sear ched the whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n trunk. In spite of this, many peopl e ar e conf ident that 39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。 I need not remind you of that ter ible t ie you bought yesterday. 39。t have sai d that ,39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regreted saying it al most at once. 39。t buy things we don39。 my wi fe answer ed as she looked at her self i n the mir or . I sat down on one of those modern chai rs wit h holes in i t and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was stil l in fr ont of t he mi r or . 39。You needn39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 if you ate more and talked l ess, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wi l you be st aying in England?39。 No,39。Wil l you be spending your holidays abr oad t hi s year ?39。 No,39。Wi l you be seei ng i t ?39。 A new play is i ng t o The Globe soon, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。 No,39。. Wor ker s wi l have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they wil have fi ni shed wor k on t he new st adium. The fi ne moder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everyb