【正文】 tends to t ake short rest s ever y two hour s. She wi l have somet hi ng t o dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d food. Most of Erna39。s mother, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Olympi c Gam es 奧林匹克運動會 The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our count ry in f our years39。They wi l al so be bui lding new r oads and a special railwayli ne. The Games wil l be hel d just out si de t he capit al and t he whole area wi l be caled 39。. Wor ker s wi l have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they wil have fi ni shed wor k on t he new st adium. The fi ne moder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be wat ching anxiousl y as the new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l very excit ed and ar e looking for war d to the Olympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e i n this country. Leson38 Everyt hing except the weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har rison, had l ived i n the Medi t er anean f or many year s before he returned to England. He had oft en dreamed of retir ing in Engl and and had pl anned to se ttl e down in t he countr y. He had no sooner returned t han he bought a fine house and went to li ve t her e. Almost immediately he began t o pl ai n about the weat her, for even though it was stil l summer , it rained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. After so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n the end, i t was mor e than he could bear . He had hardly had t ime to setl e down when he sold t he house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended t here. Har rison had thought of everything except the weather . Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gilbert was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or to t el l hi m whether hi s oper at ion had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngt on. When the doct or answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient , a Mr John Gil bert . He asked if Mr Gil bert 39。 No,39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。 A new play is i ng t o The Globe soon, 39。Wi l you be seei ng i t ?39。 No,39。Wil l you be spending your holidays abr oad t hi s year ?39。 No,39。 Wi l you be st aying in England?39。 No,39。 Young man,39。 if you ate more and talked l ess, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。You needn39。 my wi fe answer ed as she looked at her self i n the mir or . I sat down on one of those modern chai rs wit h holes in i t and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was stil l in fr ont of t he mi r or . 39。t buy things we don39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regreted saying it al most at once. 39。t have sai d that ,39。 I need not remind you of that ter ible t ie you bought yesterday. 39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。A man can never have too into the cave hoping to f ind buri ed t reasure. The leader of the part y was examini ng t he soi l near the ent rance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y excited, t he par ty dug a hole two f et deep. They fi nal y found a smal l gold coi n whi ch was al most wor thles. The par ty t hen sear ched the whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n trunk. In spite of this, many peopl e ar e conf ident that 39。 may reveal somet hi ng of value fair ly soon. Leson56 Faster than sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A lot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s race l ast year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef or e it began. One of the most handsome car s was a Rolls Royce Sil ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only t hr e wheels. Bui lt in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aking par t. After a gr eat many loud explosi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he cars br oke down on t he course and some dri ver s pent mor e time under thei r cars than in them ! A few cars, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of f orty mi les an hour much fast er than any of i ts ri vals. It sped downhi l at the end of the race and i ts driver had a lot of tr ouble tr yi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave everyone agr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very dif ferent f rom modern car aces but no l ess exci ting. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in blue jeans st ood at he wi ndow of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a moment , she f inal ly went in and as ked to see a dr ess that was i n the window. The asist ant who served her did not l ike the way she was dr essed. Gl ancing at her scornfull y, he told her that he dr ess was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angri ly and deci ded to puni sh the asistant next day. She r et ur ned t o the shop t he f ol lowing morning dr essed in a f ur coat, wit h a handbag in one hand and a l ong umbr el la i n the ot her. Aft er seki ng out t he r ude asistant she asked f or t he same dr ess. Not r eali zing who she was, the assi stant was eager to serve her this ti me with great dif fi cult y, he cli mbed i nt o the shop wi ndow to get he dress. As soon as she saw i t, the woman said s many ties. 39。t have too many hats,39。dance39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。but they did not steal anythi ng.39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f