【正文】 e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f irst time. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men were able to t ake agr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed cert ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 fee t. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mounta ins in si ght. The ai rcraft was abl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whi l e she was having a pi ic at the edge of aforest wit h her chi ldren and tr ied to steal her handbag. In t he str uggle, t he s tr ap broke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, both men started runni ng t hr ough the tr es. Mr s St er ling got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she continued t o run. When she caught up wi th them, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e going through t he cont ents of the bag, so she ran st raight at hem. The men got such a fri ght that t hey dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi lage soon l earnt that a large sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, the local but cher , had lost his wal let whi le taki ng hi s avi ngs to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat the wal et must have been found by one of the vi lager s, but it was not r et ur ned to him. Three months passed, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . I t had been wr apped up 球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal ri ver that cut s across t he park near my home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l very har d and it went towards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank caled out to t he man in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal st ruck him so hard that he nearl y fel into the water. I t urned t o look at the chil dr en, but ther e wer en39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spe ndi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had sen. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ied al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to t he stati on yesterday and now he is not worr ied any more. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had be en f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman told him, the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundred m il es away. I t i s now being sent t o hi s hom e by t rain. Ted was m ost sur prised when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t wenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Lesson35 Stop t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used t o dri ve ataxi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar mor e xcit ing. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves rush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car yi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h the money got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e trying t o get away in their car, Roy dr ove his bus into t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。s school fr iends wil l be wai ti ng f or her on the Engli sh coast. Among them wil l be Erna39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 t he patient answered, 39。 I said. 39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad this year ?39。 Wi l you be st aying in Engl and?39。 Young man,39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 my wi fe answered as she l ooked at hersel f i n the mir ror. I sat down on one of those moder n chai rs wit h hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been i n the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was ti l in f ront of the mir or . 39。 I r emar ked suddenly. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。 I need not remind you of that er ribl e t ie you bought yest er day.39。A man can never have too i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam ini ng t he soil near the entr ance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal y found a sm al gol d coi n whi ch was alm os t wort hl es. The part y then sear ched t he whole