【正文】 m y wi f e was st il l i n f r ont of t he mi r ror. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。t have sai d t hat,39。 I need not r emi nd you of t hat ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest erday. 39。 I f ind i t beauti f ul, 39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under t he gr ound. Very excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent that 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 for ol d car s. A lot of car s ent er ed 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 m ost 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 cars br oke down on t he cour se and som e dr i ver s spent m ore t im e under t heir car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourm uch f ast er t han any of i t s ri val s. I t sped downhi l at t he end of t he r ace and i t s dr i ver had a l ot of tr oubl e tr yi ng t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 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 y went i n and as ked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The asist ant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dressed. 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 essed 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, t he asi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s ti me wit h great di f i cult y, he cl im bed i nto t he shop window 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。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 li ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Aft er a tim e, we not i ced a snake charm er wit h t wo l ar ge basket s at he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t r ose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We wer e very m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successf ully fl ew over t he South Pole for the f ir st tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his m en were able to t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, they soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point, i t seemed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s me n to thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whi te plai ns wit hout dif fi culty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci al r ail way l ine. The Gam es wi l l be held just out si de the capital and the whol e area wi l be cal led 39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because t hey have never been held bef or e i n thi s countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My old fr iend, Har r ison, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He h