【正文】 hed work on t he new stadium. The f ine m oder n bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kur t Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as the new bui ldings go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Games because t hey have never been hel d before in t his count ry. Leson38 Everyt hing except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter ranean for many year s bef ore he retur ned to England. He had oft en dr eamed of reti ri ng in Engl and and had pl anned t o set t le down in t he count ry. He had no sooner r et urned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most i mmediat el y he began t o plai n about the weather , f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ained cont inualy and it was oft en bit erl y cold. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har i son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In t he end, i t was m ore t han he could bear . He had har dly had t ime t o setl e down when he sold t he house and lef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so many years ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hi ng except the weather . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doctor t o tel l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been successful , but the doctor r ef used t o do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he telephoned t he hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi l ington. When t he doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gil ber t sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient, a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 No, 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。 A new pl ay is ing to The Gl obe soon, 39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。 No,39。Wi l you be spendi ng your holi days abroad t hi s year ?39。 No,39。 Wi l you be staying i n England?39。 No, 39。 Young man, 39。 if you ate m or e and tal ked les, we woul d bot h enjoy our dinner !39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。You needn39。 my wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in t he mi r or . I sat down on one of those modern chair s wit h holes i n it and wait ed. We had been i n the hat shop for hal f an hour and my wif e was sti l in fr ont of t he mir ror . 39。t buy t hings we don39。 I r em ar ked suddenly. I regret ted sayi ng it almost at once. 39。t have sai d that, 39。 I need not r emind you of that ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest er day. 39。 I f ind i t beauti ful, 39。A man can never have too i nt o t he cave hoping t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when the machine showed that here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They f i nal ly f ound a smal l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spite of t his, many people ar e conf ident that 39。 may reveal somethi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is held for old 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 teme nt just bef or e i t began. One of t he most handsome car s was a Roll s Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was t he oldest car taking part . Aft er a great many loud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of the car s broke down on the cour se and some dr ivers spent m ore t ime under their cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o st op it . The race gave everyone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif f er ent f rom modern car races but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and as ked to see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her did not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he told her t hat the dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish the assi stant next day. She ret ur ned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a long um br el a in t he other. Af ter seki ng out t he rude asist ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he assistant was eager to se rve her thi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, the wom an sai d s many ti es. 39。t have t oo many hats,39。 I r epeated my questi on several ti mes and at l ast he under st ood. He answered m e, but he spoke neit her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。t understand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術(shù)評(píng)論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that they under stand modern ar t. They always tel l you what a pict ure i s 39。. Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et y pat ter ns. We li ke them i n t he same way that we li ke pret y curt ai n mat er ial . I t hink t hat young chi ldr en of ten appreciate m oder n pi ctures bet er t han anyone else. They noti ce more. My si st er is only seven, but she al ways t els me whether my