【正文】 t so angry that she r an af ter t he m. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran awa y. 39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat that looked l ike a light house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the mar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square to have a r est. Af ter a t ime, we not iced a snakecharmer wi th two l arge baskets at t he ot her si de of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe whi ch was cove r ed wit h coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f i rst gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。 And a woman can39。The Reveal er 39。 I said. 39。 39。 m y wi fe answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need,39。 We m ustn39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answered,39。 she answered. 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。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t alk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked me to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a t ight bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conver sati on. 39。 t he pat ient answer ed, 39。s operat ion had been successful and the doctor tol d him that it had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gi lbert woul d be al owed to go home and t he doct or t old hi m t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospi tal for anot her t wo weeks. Then Dr Mi l ington asked the cal er i f he was a rel at ive of t he pat ient. 39。Ol ympic Ci ty39。 t ime. As a gr eat many peopl e wi l be visit ing t he count ry, the government wil l be bui ldi ng new hot els, an immense stadium, and a f ine new swi m m i ng pool . 39。s school f ri ends wi l be wai ti ng for her on the Engli sh coast. Among t hem wi l be Er na39。clock in the mor ning. Erna i s onl y f our teen year s old and she hopes l o set up a new worl d record. She is a st rong swim mer and many people feel t hat she i s sur e to succeed. Erna39。One af t er noon she set out f rom the coast i n a sm al l boat and was caught i n a st orm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and t he gi rl j um ped i nt o t he sea. Then she swam t o the shore aft er spendi ng t he whol e ni ght i n the wat er . Duri ng that tim e she cover ed a di st ance of ei ght mi les. Ear ly next m or ni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shor e because t he li ght was hi gh up on the cli f s. On ar ivi ng at t he shor e, t he gi rl str uggl ed up t he cli f f t owar ds t he li ght she had seen. That was al she remem ber ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her sel f i n hospi t al. Lesson34 Q ui ck work 破案“神速” Ted Robinson has been wor ri ed al l the week. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et ter fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n t he l et er he was asked to cal at t he st ati on. Ted wonder ed why he was want ed by t he poli ce, but he went t o t he st at i on yester day and now he i s not wor r ied any mor e. At t he st at i on, he was t ol d by a smi li ng pol icem an t hat his bi cycle had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli cem an t old hi m, t he bi cycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al vi l age f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s home by t rain. Ted was most sur pri sed when he heard t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle to be f ound. I t was st ol en twent y year s ago when Ted was a boy of f if teen ! Lesson35 Stop thief ! 捉賊！ Rov Trenton used to dr ive a taxi. A short whi le ago, however, he becam e a bus dri ver and he was not regret ed it . He is fi ndi ng his new wor k f ar m ore excit ng. When he was dri ving along Catf ord Str et r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves r ush out of a shop and r un t owar ds a wait ing car. One of t hem was car r yi ng a bag ful l of m oney. Roy act ed quickly and dr ove t he bus st raight at the thi eves. The one wi t h the m oney 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 ca r, Roy dr ove hi s bus i nto t he back of i t. Whi le the bater ed car was m ovi ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the poli ce. The thi eves39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car and bot h m en wer e ar r est ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim acr oss the Engli sh Channel tomorr ow. She is going to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。s f at her wi l l set out wi th her i n a smal boat . Mr Har t has t rained hi s daughter for years. Tom orr ow he wi l be watchi ng her anxiousl y as she swi ms t he long distance to Engl and. Er na intends to t ake shor t r est s ever y two hour s. She wi l have som et hing t o dri nk but she wi l not eat any sol id food. Most of Er na39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Ol ympi c Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Olympi c Games wil l be hel d i n our countr y in four year s39。They wil l al so be bui ldi ng new roads and a special rai lwayl ine. The Games wil l be hel d j ust outside t he capit al and t he whole ar