【正文】 l that a hat ?39。You needn39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he 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 my wi f e was st il l in f r ont of t he m ir r or . 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。t have sai d t hat, 39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat t er ri bl e t ie you bought yest er day.39。 I f i nd i t beauti f ul ,39。A m an can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exam ini ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t here was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole cave t hor oughl y but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of t his, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d f or ol d car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef or e i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Si l ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hree wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he oldest car taking part . Aft er a great m any loud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and som e dr i ver s spent m ore t im e under t heir cars t han in t hem ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nni ng car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour m uch f ast er t han any of i ts r i vals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts 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 great deal of pl easur e. I t was ver y dif f er e nt f r om modern car r aces but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m om ent , she f i nal y went i n and as ked to see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assi stant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornf ul l y, he t ol d her that the dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish t he assi stant next day. She r et ur ned t o t he shop t he f oll owi ng m orni ng dr esed i n a f ur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el l a in t he other. Af t er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dress. Not r eal izi ng who she was, t he assi st ant was eager t o serve her thi s tim e wi th gr eat dif f icult y, he cli m 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 i es.39。And a wom an can39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t ogether. My wi fe was wear ing a hat t hat looked li ke a li ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he m ar kets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a square t o have a r est. Af ter a t im e, we noti ced a snakecharm er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he baskets. When he began t o pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began to pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。 sl owly. It obvi ously coul d not t el l the dif f er ence bet wen I ndi an m usic and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af t er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t r ouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if it r ose to 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e t o ri se and i t cl eared t he m ount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 mi l es away, for t her e were no m ore m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was taking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possesi on, bot h m en st ar ted r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af t er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but s he conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。 sai d Mr s Sterl i ng l at er, 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vil l age soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l e