【正文】 he entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y f ound a smal gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wor t hl ess. The part y t hen searched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。The Revealer39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of value f ai rl 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 it 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 hr ee wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car t aki ng part. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, the r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and some dr ivers spent m or e ti m e under their cars t han i n t hem ! A few car s, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached 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 t he r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o st op it . The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. I t was ver y di f er ent f r om m oder n car r aces but no l ess excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p 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 tat ed f or a mom ent, she fi nal l y went i n and as ked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The assistant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dr essed. 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 angril y and deci ded to puni sh t he asist ant next da y. She r et ur ned t o t he shop t he f oll owi ng m or ni ng dr esed i n a f ur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el la i n t he ot her . Aft er seeki ng out the r ude assi stant she asked f or t he sam e dr ess. Not r eal izi ng who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cl im bed int o the shop wi ndow t o get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it, t he woman said s m any t i es.39。 39。And a woman can39。t have t oo m any hat s, 39。 she answer ed. Ten m inut es l at er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her . My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l i ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the m ar ket s of Ol d Del hi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snake charm er wi t h t wo lar ge basket s at t he other si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o foll ow t he movem ent s of t he pi pe. We were ver y m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began t o pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owl y. It obvi ously coul d not t el l the dif f er ence bet wen I ndi an music and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af t er his f li ght over t he Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesf ul l y fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e for t he f ir st im e. Though, at fi r st , Byr d and his m en were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was then able t o ri se and it cleared t he m ount ains by 400 f eet. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no m or e mountai ns i n si ght. The a ir craft was abl e t o f l y over t he endless whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f or est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggl e, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, bot h m en st art ed r unning t hrough t he t r es. Mr s St erl ing got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at them . The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dropped t he bag and ran away. 39。The str ap needs m endi ng, 39。 sai d Mr s Sterl i ng l ater, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng.39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of m oney had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal butcher , had lost hi s wal et whi l e t aki ng his savings t o the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat the wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil lagers, but i t was not r et ur ned t o him. Thr ee m ont hs pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n ne wspaper and it cont ained hal f t he m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi t h a note whi ch sai d: 39。A t hi ef, yes, 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief !39。 Two m ont hs lat er, some m ore m oney was sent t o Sam wit h