【正文】 learnt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e taking hi s savi ngs t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and then one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af ter hi s fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, the Amer ican expl orer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and his men were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns tha t lay below, t hey soon r an into seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only ge t over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch 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 t o fl y over t he endl ess whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both men st ar ted r unning t hr ough t he t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she conti nued t o run. W hen she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。And a woman can39。A m an can never have t oo into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They f inal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hles. The par t y t hen sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er r ible tie you bought yester day.39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr eted saying i t al most at once. 39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half a n hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r or. 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 Young man,39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。conver sat i on. 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered,39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 We must n39。You needn39。 39。The Reveal er 39。t have t oo many hats,39。The str ap needs mendi ng, 39。A thi ef , yes, 39。 In ti me, al l Sam 39。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pri ce of a t icket is amp。 I 39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 You39。 39。 said the conductor suddenly. 39。t mat er,39。 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hi ngs got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of the t hings Herbert l oves: but ter , potat oes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained t hat his di et was so str ict that he had to r eward hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e the contents of the par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve large bar s of chocol ate and thr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t ryi ng to get my new room i n or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor ari ly put my books on t he f l oor . At the moment , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I act ual ly have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of t he r oom. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me to car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al l t hose books on the f loor . 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。cur sed t r ee39。 I said. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 she answered. 39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。t be so r ude about i t, 39。t need,39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。 And a woman can39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr