【正文】 one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his f r 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, together wi th a not e which said: 39。 slowl y. It obviousl y coul d not tel t he dif ference bet ween Indi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successful ly f lew over the South Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ographs of t he mountains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr ouble. At one poi nt , it sem ed cer tain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could only get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 f eet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craft was able t o f ly over the endles whit e plains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mr s 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, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possession, bot h men star ted r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Ster ling got so angr y t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breath, but she cont inued to run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that they had sat down and wer e goi ng thr ough the cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st raight at them. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 And a woman can39。t have too many hats,39。The st rap needs m endi ng, 39。A thief , yes, 39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。345 for t he cost of the tr ip. The norm al pr ice of a t i cket i s amp。 I 39。t know where i t is.39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus to get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter some ti me, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger lef t on the bus. 39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。t mat ter ,39。 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things 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 most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herber t was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o his r oom and hurr iedly hid a l arge 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 smi led gui lti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me the cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f i ve large bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of swet s! Leson52 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 rying to get my new r oom i n order . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t empor ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the moment, t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A shor t whi l e ago, my si st er hel ped m e to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor . 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。cursed t ree39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wi f e hur r ied towar ds me. 39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Trouble wi th the Hubl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be r equir ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and to r etur n to it. The abil it y to do thi s wil l be necesary in f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e now tr ying t o discover i f this i s possibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch left t he ear th a short t ime ago, wi l be tr avel li ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radi o m essage. The f i r st m essage i s expect ed t o ar r i ve at 7 o39。t have too many hats,39。The st rap needs m endi ng, 39。A thief , yes, 39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。345 for t he cost of the tr ip. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 I 39。t know where i t is.39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus to get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter some ti me, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger lef t on the bus. 39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。t mat ter ,39。 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things 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