【正文】 er the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, t he 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 able to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon ran i nto 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 get 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 which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai r cr af t 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(guò)森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t r ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar t ed r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When 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 str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi r 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 i n f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists are 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 im e ago, wi l be tr avel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n point , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a short t im e and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceship and t hen retur n to it . We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Beli nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。cur sed tr e39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got s o bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet . He began his di et a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong li st of al t he foods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I pai d him a visit . I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o se that Her bert was sti l as fat as ever . He led me into hi s r oom and hur r iedly hi d a lar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guil til y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s diet was so st ri ct t hat he had to rewar d himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he contents of t he par cel . It contained f ive lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom in or der. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at t er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。 39。t mat er, 39。 said the conductor suddenly. 39。 39。 You39。 39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a str ange noise ing fr om t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the door s had been bl ocked by chair s and t he fur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ight s of f before he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m orning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive em pt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night before. When I suggested t hat some vi lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that they wi l not accept t he inn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dentist s al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possible for you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my teeth and had tol d me t o r est f or a whi le. I tr i ed t o say somet hing, but my mouth was f ull of cot ton wool. He knew I coll ect ed bi rds39。s m oney was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f i rst gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m