【正文】 cave thor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t runk. In spi te of t hi s, many people are conf ident that 39。And a woman can39。 slowly. I t obviously could not t el l t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol 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 feet. 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 mountains 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(guò)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 str ap broke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, b。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes later we walked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long wal k through one of the mar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Aft er a ti me, we not iced a snake char mer wi th two l ar ge basket s at the other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pipe whi ch was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began t o foll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e very much surpri sed when the snake char mer suddenly began to play jaz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued to 39。 m ay reveal somet hi ng of value fairl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is hel d for ol d cars. A lot of cars ent er ed for t hi s race l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tem e nt just bef or e it began. One of the m ost handsom e cars was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Aft er a gr eat m any l oud explosi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he cars broke down on t he cour se and som e dri ver s spent m or e tim e under thei r cars t han in t hem !A f ew cars, however, pleted the race. The winning car reached a speed of fort y miles an hour much f aster t han any of its r ival s. It sped downhil at he end of the race and its dri ver had a lot of t rouble t rying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. I t was very di ferent f rom moder n car races but no l ess excit ng. Leson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans stood at the window of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and as ked to se a dres t hat was in t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her did not li ke t he way she was dr essed. Glanci ng at her scor nfully, he t ol d her that t he dres was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angril y and decided to punish the assi st ant next day. She r et ur ned to t he shop the f ol lowing mor ni ng dr essed in a f ur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a long umbr el la in t he other . After seeking out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or the same dres. Not realizing who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s t ime wit h great dif icul ty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dres. As soon as he saw it , t he woman said s many t ies.39。 I find it beautif ul ,39。t have sai d that ,39。t buy things we don39。You needn39。 if you at e mor e and talked l ess, we woul d both enjoy our di nner ! 39。 No,39。 No,39。 No,39。 Lesson40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner part y, the hostes asked me to si t next t o Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was alarge, unsmil ing lady i n a tight bl ack dr ess. She did not even l ook up when I took m y seat beside her. Her eyes were fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t ime, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o make conver sation. 39。s oper at ion had been succesful and the doctor told him t hat it had been. He the n asked when Mr Gi lber t would be al lowed t o go home and the doctor told him t hat he would have to stay in hospital for anot he r two weeks. Then Dr Mil li ngton asked t he cal ler if he was a relative of t he patient.39。 time. As a gr eat many peopl e wil be vi si ting the country, the gover nment wi l be building new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimmi ng pool . 39。clock in the morning. Erna is only fourt en years old and she hopes lo set up a new world r ecord. She is a strong swi mmer and many peopl e f el that she i s ure to succed. Er na39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購(gòu)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 wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and han