【正文】 st il l on the mat tr ess. Gl anci ng at the bit s of wood and metal that lay around him , the man sadly pi cked up t he mat ress and car ied i t int o his house . Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor, he prompt ly went t o sleep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。345 f or t he cost of t he t ri p. The norm al pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 I n t im e, al Sam39。 Two m ont hs l ater, som e m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wi t h anot her note:39。A t hi ef, yes, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。The st r ap needs m endi ng,39。dance39。t have t oo m any hat s,39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s held f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a grea t deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsome cars was a Rol l s Royce Si lver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Buil t i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t heir cars t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or ty m il es an hourm uch faster t han any of it s ri val s. I t s ped downhil at t he end of t he race and it 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 dea l of pl easure. It was ver y di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Leson57 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 t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi t at ed for a m om ent, she fi nal l y went i n and asked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The asistant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dr essed. Glanci ng at her scor nf ul ly, he t ol d her t hat t he dress was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he assistant next day. She r et ur ned t o t he shop t he f oll owing m or ning dr esed in a fur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um brel a i n the ot her. Aft er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dress. Not r eali zing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s ti me wi t h gr eat di f icult 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 m any t ies. 39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gol d 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 i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ibl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。t have sai d t hat ,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed saying i t al most at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 m y wi fe answer ed as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n 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 t hat a hat ?39。 if you at e m ore and t al ked less, we woul d both enj oy our di nner !39。 Young man,39。 No,39。 Wil you be st ayi ng i n Engl and?39。 No, 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 No,39。Wi l you be sei ng i t ?39。 A new pl ay i s i ng t o The Gl obe soon,39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t.39。 No,39。oper at ion had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r efused t o do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t el ephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent, a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil bert39。s oper ati 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 t o go hom e and the doct or t ol d him t hat he would have t o st ay i n hospit al f or anot her t wo weks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal er if he was a r elati ve of the pati ent .39。 t he pat ient ans wered,39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner par ty, t he host ess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil i ng lady i n a ti ght bl ack dr es. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat besi de her . Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and i n a shor t im e, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conversat i on. 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner. 39。 she answered,39。 lesson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I sai d t o my wif e. 39。t be so r ude about i t,39。 We m ust n39。t need, 39。You needn39。 m y wif e answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。The Revealer39。 And a wom an can39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes l at er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear i ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k t hrough one of t he mar ket s of Old Del hi, we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snake charm er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot he