【正文】 nt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the postoffice. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 39。 said Mrs Sterling later, 39。The strap needsLesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極dance39。Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 she answered.And a woman can39。Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？Lesson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！The Revealer39。 I said. 39。39。 I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.39。t have said that,39。39。t need,39。 We mustn39。 my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.You needn39。Do you call that a hat ?39。lesson41 Do you call that a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner !39。 Young man,39。In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. she answered. I asked. 39。39。 No,39。Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year ?39。 No,39。Will you be seeing it ?39。 A new play is ing to The Globe soon,39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進餐與交談 I am Mr John Gilbert.39。 No,39。 telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert39。While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedsideMy old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to plain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.. Workers will have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.They will also be building new roads and a special railwayline. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 39。The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years39。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna39。s school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Erna39。Lesson37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會 time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 39。Olympic City39。Lesson38 Everything except the weather 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？s operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.39。 the patient answered,39。 Last week at a dinnerparty, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.39。 I said. 39。 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. Will you be staying in England?39。 No,39。39。 she answered,39。 39。 I said to my wife. 39。t be so rude about it,39。39。t buy things we don39。 I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.You needn39。 my wife answered.39。 I find it beautiful,39。A man can never have too into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 39。 may reveal something of value fairly soon.Once a year a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a RollsRoyce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885,